The General Against the Kremlin
Alexander Lebed. Power and Illusion
As the Kremlin elite plot Yeltsin's successor, the man most Russians would like to be President, General Alexander Lebed, is now outside the Kremlin. A hero of the Afghan war, he was sacked by Yeltsin in 1996 after a bitter power struggle. Elletson provides an insight into the unpredictable General and into those who oppose him.
