The author through interviews with surviving members of his cabinet and others gives you a look into the life of the man leading up to his winning the election and then his time in office. How everything changed with the Soviet Union and how his personality won over people. He like others had his faults but for the most part, most people liked him. He definitely would not be able to understand the Party he was with nowadays. This is an excellent book for those who don’t know anything about him and for those people like me who voted for him and want to remember him. A good book.