THE COMMUNIST PARTY APPARATUS by Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov. 422 pages. Regnery. $10. In 1961, the author of this book read an article in Kommunist, an official Communist Party periodical published in ...
Understanding Putin is crucial to deciphering his goals in attacking Ukraine. The Russian American journalist Masha Gessen recommends books on the Russian president and the forces that shaped him. By ...
In the course of researching his latest book on post-communist Russia, UC Santa Cruz politics professor Michael Urban interviewed 34 prominent members of Russia’s political class. Some are still ...
As Vladimir Putin’s army continues to wage war in Ukraine—destroying cities and villages, murdering civilians, and kidnapping children—many people may find themselves probing the culture of modern ...
Recently two important books on anarchist communism have appeared. They both seek to reclaim the tradition of anarchist communism, and both have been written by veterans of the anarchist communist ...
DURANTY REPORTS RUSSIA — Walter Duranty—Viking ($2.75). The best-known U. S. foreign correspondent is an Englishman. Like his compatriot, Sir Willmott Harsant Lewis, Washington correspondent of the ...