Review
".... [A] humane and articulate attempt to record the consciousness of ordinary Russians waking up to an unrecognizable historical reality." --
Raymond Asquith, The Spectator (U.K)".... [V]ivid, impeccably researched and truly frightening." --
Martin Sieff, United Press International/Washington Times"Satter has.... a reporter's eye for vivid detail and a novelist's ability to capture emotion." --
Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs"This brave engaging book should be required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state." --
NewsweekDavid Satter must be commended for saying what a great many people only dare to think." --
Matthew Brzezinski, The Toronto Globe and Mail[Satter]. . . .describes, more compellingly than any abstract theorist could, the consequences of nominal freedom without rule of law. --
Michael Potemra, National Review
From the Publisher
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