“The most important work to appear for decades on the Soviet Empire and its aftermath,” Edward Lucas
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JUDGEMENT IN MOSCOW
Soviet crimes and Western hypocrisy (2nd edn.)
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VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY
(1944-2019)
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This book and its sources (revised)
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1. IN THE EAST
(CHAPTERS 1-6)
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“While all round clamoured Judea, / And would give no thought for the dead”
Alexander Galich
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1. A PHONEY WAR
2. NIGHT OF THE LOOTERS
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BACK TO THE FUTURE (3-6)
3. “TOO FEW”?
4. Deportation or the Madhouse
5. What “they” believed
6. The Coming of Gorbachov
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2. IN THE WEST
(CHAPTERS 7-14)
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“Is it possible that he should know what he is, and be that he is?”
William Shakespeare
“And when we think we lead, we are most led.”
Lord Byron
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7. BETRAYAL
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THE TURNING POINT (8-11)
8. Afghanistan
9. Pages of Shame
10. Poland
11. The Beginning of the End
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THE REVOLUTION THAT NEVER WAS (12-14)
12. Reform?
13. Withdrawal without Retreat
14. Foes and Allies
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“The entire 27-year history of post-Soviet Russia is a tribute to the failure to eradicate the influence of communism,” David Satter
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Translated, edited and abridged by John Crowfoot.
For an unabridged translation, see Judgment in Moscow (2019)
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