Shadows and Whispers: 2powers and Politics Inside the Kremlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev

Dusko Doder. Penguin Books, $9.95 (368pp) ISBN 978-0-14-010526-1

Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, Doder provides a comprehensive account of Gorbachev's background and rise to power, plus an incisive review of his first year in power. ""Notable for its objectivity,'' PW stated. (January)

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