Gorbachev blamed the failure of his liberalizing policies in the Soviet Union on
A) dark domestic forces that conspired against him.
B) their application only when the situation had deteriorated beyond remedy.
C) a political culture and tradition unprepared for "a law-based state."
D) destructive pressure from outside the Soviet Union.
E) his own failure to promote them with sufficient vigor.

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Gorbachev himself acknowledged that the failure of his liberalizing policies was due to the lack of a political culture and tradition in the Soviet Union that could sustain a law-based state, rather than dark domestic forces or pressure from outside the country.

Gorbachev Blamed the Failure of His Liberalizing Policies in the Soviet