About the Author

Roy Medvedev is the renowned Russian historian, whose monumental 'Let History Judge' was the first major insider account by a prominent Soviet dissident. Zhores Medvedev, his twin brother, is a noted political commentator, author of a biography of the pseudo-scientist Lysenko and resident in London since exile from the Soviet Union in 1973.

Reviews

'No other book on this subject can compare in coverage and readability.' - Professor Robert Tucker, Princeton University; 'For those interested in Soviet history and communist this book is a must.' - David Winnick, Tribune