Introduction: Leaders or led? -- Mikhail Gorbachev: systemic transformer / Archie Brown -- F.W. de Klerk: enlightened conservative / David Welsh and Jack Spence -- Achille Occhetto: democratic explorer / Martin Bull -- General Wojciech Jaruzelski: hardline patriot / John Fitzmaurice -- Neil Kinnock: loyalist reformer / Martin Westlake -- Adolfo Suarez: democratic dark horse / Simon Parlier -- Conclusions: Vision and will / Martin Westlake
