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Shadows and Whispers: Power Politics Inside the Kremlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev - Hardcover

Doder, Dusko

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9780394549989: Shadows and Whispers: Power Politics Inside the Kremlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev
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ISBN 10: 0394549988 ISBN 13: 9780394549989
Publisher: Random House, 1986

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The former, long-time Moscow bureau chief for the "Washington Post" details the Kremlin intrigues, infights, and maneuvers of the early 1980s that culminated in the selection of Gorbachev as Communist Party general secretary

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As Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, Doder observed the "series of embarrassingly feeble old men" during the Brezhnev-to-Andropov-to-Chernenko transitions that led to the emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev. He describes how Andropov, moving into the vacuum created by Brezhnev's physical decline, won the ensuing power struggle with Chernenko (and pushed forward Gorbachev and other younger men who have since unseated many of the old guard) only to be replaced 15 months later by Chernenko, who in his turn lived only 13 more months. Doder provides a comprehensive account of Gorbachev's background and rise to power, plus an incisive review of his first year in power. The book is notable for its objectivity: Doder writes, "I have tried to look at the Soviet Union on its own terms." Photos. Major ad/promo; author tour.
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Publisher
Random House
Publication date
1986
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0394549988
ISBN 13 
9780394549989
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Rating
  • 3.88 out of 5 stars
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