Gorbachev: 2heretic in the Kremlin

This study examines why perestroika and glasnost have aggravated problems they were supposed to cure, and shows that polarization between Slavophiles and Westernizers is intensifying. ``Readers will find Doder and Branson's judgements sound, their knowledge imposing, their perspective essential to an understanding of the Russian turmoil,'' said PW . Author tour. (June)