Gorbachev

by Zhores A. Medvedev

Book Overview

In March 1985, without the usual long delay and speculation, Mikhail Gorbachev, at fifty-four years of age, became the youngest Soviet leader since Stalin. Gorbachev belongs to a new generation of Communist leaders, a generation that did not experience the suffering and fear that Gorbachev's predecessors did who came to power under Stalin. He is a product of the system, not one of its creators. Within a year his vigorous style had made him a well-known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393304086
• ISBN13: 9780393304084
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.7"