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A Spy in the Archives : A Memoir of Cold War Russia by Sheila Fitzpatrick. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Spy in the Archives : A Memoir of Cold War Russia about?
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.
Who reads A Spy in the Archives : A Memoir of Cold War Russia?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sheila Fitzpatrick.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781784532956
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir