Mikhail Gorbachev: The Soviet Innovator

by Steve Otfinski and Steve Otfinoski

If there is one man responsible for the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet system, that man is Mikhail Gorbachev. Yet in one of history's ironies, Gorbachev wanted only to reform the USSR,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449904008
• ISBN13: 9780449904008
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A solid and good biography

I bought a copy of this book for a nephew and niece. I read through it and realized that there was a lot about Mr. Gorbachev that I hadn't known about, especially his early career and disappointments. While this book is in no way meant to analyze the man and his work, it is a great survey of his life from his years as a young man to his rise in power in the Soviet government. I do hope that this biography will be reissued with a new section on Mr. Gorbachev's eventual participation in the end of the Soviet Union and his subsequent retirement. This is a perfect biography for young people. Even older folks will learn the basics concerning this giant of a man.