Our Man in Moscow
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Our Man in Moscow

A Diplomat's Reflections on the Soviet Union

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Our Man in Moscow

A Diplomat's Reflections on the Soviet Union

About this book

Robert A.D. Ford is the only Western diplomat to have known and dealt with all the Soviet leaders from the end of the Second World War to the present. In this memoir he offers a unique perspective on post-war Soviet politics and Russian life.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Part One: In Stalin's Shadow and After
  4. 1. Life under Stalin
  5. 2. The Post-Stalin Era and the Yugoslav Experience
  6. 3. The Impact of Khrushchev
  7. 4. Brezhnev Takes Control
  8. Part Two: The Russian Face to the West
  9. 5. Canada and Russia: An Uneasy Relationship
  10. 6. Groping toward DĂ©tente
  11. 7. Living with the KGB
  12. 8. The Struggle for Human Rights
  13. Part Three: Russia's Problems
  14. 9. Internal Problems: The Flawed Giant
  15. 10. The Dilemma of Eastern Europe
  16. 11. Russia and Asia: The Preoccupation with China
  17. 12. The Afghan Blunder and the Southern Approaches
  18. Part Four: The Rise and Fall of DĂ©tente
  19. 13. The Superpower Relationship: Vietnam and the Nixon Initiative
  20. 14. Peaceful Coexistence
  21. 15. The Fading of DĂ©tente
  22. 16. The End of the Brezhnev Era
  23. Postscript: The Gorbachev Generation
  24. Index