The Last Empire: Nationality and the Soviet Future
Jul 2017 · Hoover Institution Press
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The historical background, the present position, and the future prospects of both the non-Russian and Russian peoples are considered in their many aspects, as are the maneuvers of the Communist regime to suppress, appease, or make use of them. The future of the Soviet Union, and thus of the world, depends greatly on whether, and how, the Communist leadership, whose own ideology has lost most of its appeal, can adjust to a new surge of national feeling. The authors examine the question from many points of view, in a broad conspectus of political, cultural, economic, demographic, and other approaches.
The historical background, the present position, and the future prospects of both the non-Russian and Russian peoples are considered in their many aspects, as are the maneuvers of the Communist regime to suppress, appease, or make use of them. The future of the Soviet Union, and thus of the world...
About the author
Robert Conquest is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. His awards and honors include the Jefferson Lectureship, the highest honor the federal government bestows for achievement in the humanities (1993); the Alexis de Tocqueville Award, (1992); the Richard Weaver Award for Scholary Letters (1999); and the Fondazione Liberal Career Award (2004). Robert Conquest is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. His awards and honors include the Jefferson Lectureship, the highest honor the federal government bestows for achievement in the humanities (1993); the Alexis de Tocqueville Award, (1992); the Richard Weaver Award for Scholary Letters (1999); and the Fondazione Liberal Career Award (2004).
Robert Conquest is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. His awards and honors include the Jefferson Lectureship, the highest honor the federal government bestows for achievement in the humanities (1993); the Alexis de Tocqueville Award, (1992); the Richard Weaver Award for Scholary Letter...
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