What madness meant was a fiercely contested question in Soviet society. State of Madness examines the politically fraught collision between psychiatric and lite

Robert Hornsby draws on a range of declassified archival material to analyse political protest and government repression in post-Stalin USSR.

This book examines the social and cultural impact of the 'thaw' in Cold War relations, decision-making and policy formation in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khr

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"Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class." So begins Vivian Gornick's exploration of how the world of socialis