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Our Man in Moscow
A Diplomat's Reflections on the Soviet Union
Book • 1992
In this memoir, Robert A.D.
Ford shares his distinctive insights into Soviet politics and Russian culture, drawing from his unparalleled experience as the only Western diplomat to have known and dealt with all Soviet leaders from the end of World War II to the present, including Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev.
As both a poet and translator of Russian poetry, Ford provides a nuanced understanding of the Russian psyche and offers a first-hand account of post-war Soviet life and politics written in accessible, straightforward prose.
Ford shares his distinctive insights into Soviet politics and Russian culture, drawing from his unparalleled experience as the only Western diplomat to have known and dealt with all Soviet leaders from the end of World War II to the present, including Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev.
As both a poet and translator of Russian poetry, Ford provides a nuanced understanding of the Russian psyche and offers a first-hand account of post-war Soviet life and politics written in accessible, straightforward prose.
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