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A Spy in the Archives

Autor Sheila Fitzpatrick
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 apr 2015
Moscow in the 1960s was the other side of the Iron Curtain: mysterious, exotic, even dangerous. In 1966 the historian Sheila Fitzpatrick travelled to Moscow to research in the Soviet archives. This was the era of Brezhnev, of a possible 'thaw' in the Cold War, when the Soviets couldn't decide either to thaw out properly or re-freeze. Moscow, the world capital of socialism, was renowned for its drabness. The buses were overcrowded; there were endemic shortages and endless queues. This was also the age of regular spying scandals and tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions and it was no surprise that visiting students were subject to intense scrutiny by the KGB. Many of Fitzpatrick's friends were involved in espionage activities - and indeed others were accused of being spies or kept under close surveillance. In this book, Sheila Fitzpatrick provides a unique insight into everyday life in Soviet Moscow. Full of drama and colourful characters, her remarkable memoir highlights the dangers and drudgery faced by Westerners living under communism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781784532956
ISBN-10: 1784532959
Pagini: 364
Ilustrații: 8pp bw plates
Dimensiuni: 124 x 191 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: BLOOMSBURY 3PL
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1: At the 'Spy College'
2: Moscow in 1966
3: Foreign Student
4: Irina and Igor
5: In the Archives
6: Novy mir
7. Between Two Worlds
8. Last Call for Moscow
Postscript

Acknowledgements