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I read this book when living in a liberal environment in Florida during high school in the late 60s, my senior year. Since a Soviet missile in Cuba was aimed where we lived - I began my intriguing fascination with USSR. The Inner Circle is life in the USSR - through characters managing details of massive daily deception - to survive. Like an onion layers of bureaucracy - secrecy -spying - subterfuge, the dark and good elements of human beings wadding messy nasty communism. 40 years later still leaves an impression, when keeping abreast of world events and my county. This book gives clarity to the methods of operation of the KGB . . . ah - Putin's history. I think constant lying to survive and the massive `spy' system described, bleak culture, yet hope of love persists. USSR is a dark bleak system of emotional and physical suffering. My concern now - is my USA starting down what looks like a similar gloomy trail . . . phone taping, etc. The big difference is today technology provides darker possibilities - example - drones. I ordered this version based on some of the reviews of the new revised edition, which were unsatisfied. I will reread and refresh my memory. This book etches itself on your soul - if you are closely concerned about our worlds madness's and hopes - this is a great read. My intent to reread is related to current 2013 USA status.
I attempted to get through the Gulag Archipelagos - but I was too much a teenager to pull reading those off.
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