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. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> A biography detailing how Gorbachev rises through the ranks of the Communist Party and becomes the leader of the Soviet Union. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0451157001 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heads of state--Biography.--Soviet Union
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DK290.3.G67  / M55 1988