Mikhail S. Gorbachev: An Intimate Biography.

Talbott, Strobe:

ISBN 10: 0451157001 / ISBN 13: 9780451157003

Published by New York: Time and life Building., 1988

About this Item

264 Seiten, zahlreich illustriert. Buch gut erhalten, SU leicht berieben. Ecken des SU leicht bestoßen. SU lichtrandig geworden. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 510 Gebundene Ausgabe, Halbleinen, SU.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mikhail S. Gorbachev: An Intimate Biography.
• Publisher: New York: Time and life Building.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451157001
• ISBN 13: 9780451157003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 510 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biografien & Erinnerungen

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Synopsis

Draws on extensive research and interviews with Gorbachev's colleagues to trace his career and his rapid rise to prominence as the leader of the Soviet Union

Reviews

This book reveals little not found in Christian Schmidt-Hauer's Gorbachev ( LJ 9/1/86) and Mark Frankland's The Sixth Continent ( LJ 11/15/87). Treatment of Gorbachev's early years relies on hearsay, his reminiscences, and those of fellow student Zdenek Mlynar. The period between 1956 and accession to the Politburo in 1980 is thinly sketched, and circumstances linking Gorbachev's rise with politicians Suslov, Kulakov, and Andropov are frustratingly vague. Recent sources help depict a sharper portrait of an outstanding orator and energetic leader. The chapter on the 1987 Washington summit is the best. Readers will find none of the promised intimacy, but may enjoy the match of the authors' style with Gorbachev's celebrity. Recommended for public libraries. BOMC selection. Zachary T. Irwin, Behrend Coll., Pennsylvania State Univ., Erie
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