Soviet crimes and Western hypocrisy

(2nd edition)

 VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY

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This book and its sources

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I. IN THE EAST

“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

3. BACK TO THE FUTURE

3.1 — “Too few”

3.2 — Deportation or the Madhouse

3.3 — What did they believe?

3.4 — The Coming of Gorbachev

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II. IN THE WEST

“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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4. BETRAYAL

5. THE TURNING POINT

5.1 — Afghanistan

5.2 — Pages of shame

5.3 — Poland

5.4 — The beginning of the end

6. THE REVOLUTION THAT NEVER WAS

6.1 — Reform?

6.2 — Withdrawal without retreat

6.3 — Foes and Allies

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Translated and abridged by John Crowfoot

For an unabridged translation, see Judgment in Moscow (2019)