Mikhail S. Gorbachev : an intimate biography / by the editors of Time magazine ; with an introduction by Strobe Talbott ; edited by Donald Morrison. - First edition. - 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Includes index.

1. Growing up -- 2. University years -- 3. Stavropol Years -- 4. Summons to Moscow -- 5. The reformer --6. One day in the life of Mikhail Sergeyevich -- 7. Raisa -- 8. Mr. Gorbachev goes to Washington.

A biography detailing how Gorbachev rises through the ranks of the Communist Party and becomes the leader of the Soviet Union.

0451157001 (paperback)


Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-


Heads of state--Biography.--Soviet Union

DK290.3.G67 / M55 1988