the unmaking of an american

It ranges from Roger’s upbringing in a Jewish household in Los Angeles to his first trip abroad, in 1964, to the Soviet Union; from his days at Harvard Graduate School studying Russian to his stay in Warsaw, a stay that was truncated by a spy scandal that rocked the United States; from his arrival..

at the théâtre de la ville « lrb blog

James Meek wrote about its origins for LRB 2015 three-year shoot that saw huge cast and crew going in crazily detailed, policed reconstruction of Soviet scientific institute on the edge of Kharkiv, the story of the life and work of the physicist and free love Lev Landau. ..

30 years on, russia views afghan war with pride

In this photo taken on Feb 15, 1989, people and relatives greet Soviet Army soldiers driving on their armored personnel carriers after crossing bridge on the border between Afghanistan and then Soviet Uzbekistan near Uzbek of Termez, Uzbekistan. ... Soviet Union invaded..

the ethics of capitalism

By attempting to evaluate different political options in terms of costs and benefits, the former Soviet regime used coercion to impose predefined choices upon citizens in order to attain its desired ends. ..

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