Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Bush Sr Years (1989-1992) - The August Coup, 1991

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Gennady Yanayev and the Gang of Eight grab for power in the 1991 August coup against Gorbachev. Cooke explores how the popularity of Boris Yeltsin inevitably caused their downfall.

Published on Friday, 23rd August 1991.

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