by Summary:
There were many British and American experts inside the Russian government at the time; they were either intelligent [sic] agents or Harry Lime types, usually both at the same time. Their orders were to demolish the Soviet system as swiftly as possible; their motive was to transfer the profits to their governments and themselves…. It is a virtue of Stephenson’s book that, as he says at the end, “I have avoided the temptation in this book to compare the old with the new.” Thus has he avoided propaganda, and also cheap nostalgia. Ergo, this is a book is for all Muscovites who lived through that terrible time. It’s a reminder of the duty those who survived owe to those who didn’t. Dances with BearsWE ARE BUILDING CAPITULATIONISM! – PICTURE-BOOK TO REMEMBER MOSCOW BY John Helmer
Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: Boris Yeltsin, USSR, USSR collapse
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There were many British and American experts inside the Russian government at the time; they were either intelligent [sic] agents or Harry Lime types, usually both at the same time. Their orders were to demolish the Soviet system as swiftly as possible; their motive was to transfer the profits to their governments and themselves…. It is a virtue of Stephenson’s book that, as he says at the end, “I have avoided the temptation in this book to compare the old with the new.” Thus has he avoided propaganda, and also cheap nostalgia. Ergo, this is a book is for all Muscovites who lived through that terrible time. It’s a reminder of the duty those who survived owe to those who didn’t. Dances with BearsWE ARE BUILDING CAPITULATIONISM! – PICTURE-BOOK TO REMEMBER MOSCOW BY John Helmer
Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: Boris Yeltsin, USSR, USSR collapse
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There were many British and American experts inside the Russian government at the time; they were either intelligent [sic] agents or Harry Lime types, usually both at the same time. Their orders were to demolish the Soviet system as swiftly as possible; their motive was to transfer the profits to their governments and themselves….
It is a virtue of Stephenson’s book that, as he says at the end, “I have avoided the temptation in this book to compare the old with the new.” Thus has he avoided propaganda, and also cheap nostalgia. Ergo, this is a book is for all Muscovites who lived through that terrible time. It’s a reminder of the duty those who survived owe to those who didn’t.Dances with Bears
WE ARE BUILDING CAPITULATIONISM! – PICTURE-BOOK TO REMEMBER MOSCOW BY
John Helmer