Tchaikovsky 19 A Diplomatic Life Behind The Iron Curtain

Author : Robert F. Ober
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781425778460

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Tchaikovsky 19, A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain by Robert F. Ober Pdf

"Readers will discover the failures of Kissinger ́s policy of detente in the early 1970s, the mistaken departure from Carter ́s balanced policy toward China and the USSR, and the near-collapse of the embassy due to intelligence failures"-Foreign Service Journal. "Ober ́s book recounts it all, along with the personalities and events of the time now mostly forgotten: dissidents and refuseniks, Victor and Jennifer Louis, Nina and Ed Stevens, U.S.-Soviet summits, microwaves, bugged buildings and typewriters, fires, spy dust and spy mania . . . It ́s all there, the pageant of U.S. Embassy Moscow 1970-90, a place so unlike today ́s walled air-conditioned, high-rise embassy fortress a block away as to beggar the imagination."-Richard Gilbert, AmericanDiplomacy.org "You have wonderfully captured the way things were in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and ́80s. I don ́t know anyone who has done it better."-Donald Connery, former Time-Life correspondent, Moscow. "Together with much wisdom about American diplomacy, this rich memoir provides keen insight into Russian thinking and behavior"-George Feifer, "The Girl from Petrovka".

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : IND:30000125382352

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Foreign Service Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : NWU:35556041091075

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American Foreign Service Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stuart Isacoff
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780804170239

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When the World Stopped to Listen by Stuart Isacoff Pdf

April 1958: The Soviets were leading the space race, the Iron Curtain was at its heaviest, and the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow seemed certain to crown a hometown champion. But as the world’s finest young pianists descended on the Russian capital, an unlikely favorite emerged: Van Cliburn, a polite, lanky Texan whose passionate virtuosity captured the hearts of the Russian people—and thawed Cold War tensions in a way no one would have thought possible. This is the story of what unfolded that spring—for Cliburn and the other competitors, for jurors and party officials, and for the citizens of the world. It is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most remarkable events in musical history, filled with political intrigue and personal struggle as artists strove for self-expression and governments jockeyed for prestige. At the core of it all is the value of artistic achievement, the supremacy of the heart, and the transcendent freedom that can be found, through music, even in the darkest moments of human history.

Author : Christoph Flamm,Henry Keazor,Roland Marti
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781443863667

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Russian Émigré Culture by Christoph Flamm,Henry Keazor,Roland Marti Pdf

A quarter of a century ago, glasnost opened the door for a new look at Russian émigré culture unimpeded by the sterile concepts of Cold War cultural politics. Easier access to archives and a comprehensive approach to culture as a multi-faceted phenomenon, not restricted to single phenomena or individuals, have since contributed to a better understanding of the processes within the émigré community, of its links with the lost home country, and of the interaction with the cultural life of the countries of adoption. This volume offers a collection of critical articles that resulted from the international interdisciplinary symposium which was held at Saarland University in November 2011 as part of a one-week festival, “Russian Music in Exile”. Scholars from around the world contributed essays reflecting current perspectives on Russian émigré culture, shedding new light on cultural diplomacy, literature, art, and music, and covering essentially the whole 20th century, from pre-revolutionary movements to the present. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume shows that émigré networks were not confined to a particular segment of culture, but united composers, artists, critics, and even diplomats. On the whole, the contributions to this volume document the fascinating diversity, the internal contradictions, as well as the impact that the largest and most durable émigré movement of the 20th century had on European cultural life.

Author : Emma Goldman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486225445

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Living My Life by Emma Goldman Pdf

The autobiography of the early radical leader and her participation in communist, anarchist, and feminist activities

Author : Tobias Rupprecht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107102880

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Soviet Internationalism after Stalin by Tobias Rupprecht Pdf

The first multi-archive-based study of Soviet relations with Latin America from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Author : Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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My Life by Leon Trotsky Pdf

Since My Life was first published it has been regarded as a unique political, literary and human document. Written in the first year of Trotsky's exile in Turkey, it contains the earliest authoritative account of the rise of Stalinism and the expulsion of the Left Opposition, who heroically fought for the ideas and traditions of Lenin. Trotsky's exile is the culmination of a narrative which moves from his childhood, his education in the "universities" of Tsarist prisons, Siberia and then foreign exile - to his involvement in the European revolutionary movement and his central role in the tempestuous 1905 revolution and the Bolshevik victory in October 1917 and the civil war which followed. The work concludes with his deportation and exile. With an introduction by Alan Woods and a preface by Trotsky's grandson, Vsievolod Volkov.

Author : Antonina Duridanova
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781649521101

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New Beginnings by Antonina Duridanova Pdf

Burning with desire to share the value of freedom, Antonina takes you from her plight in communist Bulgaria to the free shores of America. Following unfortunate events of life in a totalitarian regime in Bulgaria, Antonina bids goodbye to her homeland and flees to the Western world. She provides true experiences and observations of what life is in a communist society-her family's lands and cattle being confiscated by the agricultural labor cooperatives; the censorship of the press and any literal, artistic, and scientific works from the West; religion being prohibited; and any deviation from the norm leading to detention in a labor camp. Her last crossing of the Bulgarian-Yugoslavian border almost costs Antonina her life and makes up her mind to never go back. She describes her life as an immigrant at the refugee camp in Traiskirchen, Austria, while waiting for an American visa. Antonina is ecstatic when the plane cruises over the Statue of Liberty and lands in the most amazing city in the world-New York. She describes how she could taste, smell, feel, and touch freedom as she gets off the plane, ready to embark on new adventures. Antonina gets educated and becomes a good specialist in taxation, working for the United States Treasury Department. Ultimately, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, she is invited to go back to Bulgaria and fix a broken tax system as a representative of the United States government. Her work in the newly democratic society of Bulgaria paved the way for the country to become a member of NATO, escaping Soviet influence, and later being accepted in the family of the European Union. 20

Author : Valer'i︠a︡n Pidmohylʹnyĭ
Publisher : [Littleton, Colo.] : Ukrainian Academic Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015026965858

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A Little Touch of Drama by Valer'i︠a︡n Pidmohylʹnyĭ Pdf

Describes the character types of a number of men who compete for the love of one woman. One of her primary admirers is a scientist, and a major theme is the tension between the administration of reason-based science and human emotional life. Pidmohylny, a member of the literary group "The Link," wrote short stories and novels on existentialist themes. His last novel, A Little Touch of Drama, published in 1930, shows the influence of French writers such as Guy de Maupassant. In his earlier works he experimented with impressionistic psychological stories and with literary expressionism. Although he was not politically involved, he was arrested and eventually perished in a concentration camp.

Author : Jim Willis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216070757

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Daily Life behind the Iron Curtain by Jim Willis Pdf

This compelling book describes how everyday people courageously survived under repressive Communist regimes until the voices and actions of rebellious individuals resulted in the fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe. Part of Greenwood's Daily Life through History series, Daily Life behind the Iron Curtain enables today's generations to understand what it was like for those living in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, particularly the period from 1961 to 1989, the era during which these people-East Germans in particular-lived in the imposing shadow of the Berlin Wall. An introductory chapter discusses the Russian Revolution, the end of World War II, and the establishment of the Socialist state, clarifying the reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall. Many historical anecdotes bring these past experiences to life, covering all aspects of life behind the Iron Curtain, including separation of families and the effects on family life, diet, rationing, media, clothing and trends, strict travel restrictions, defection attempts, and the evolving political climate. The final chapter describes Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall and the slow assimilation of East into West, and examines Europe after Communism.

Author : Frédéric Ramel,Cécile Prévost-Thomas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319631639

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International Relations, Music and Diplomacy by Frédéric Ramel,Cécile Prévost-Thomas Pdf

This volume explores the interrelation of international relations, music, and diplomacy from a multidisciplinary perspective. Throughout history, diplomats have gathered for musical events, and musicians have served as national representatives. Whatever political unit is under consideration (city-states, empires, nation-states), music has proven to be a component of diplomacy, its ceremonies, and its strategies. Following the recent acoustic turn in IR theory, the authors explore the notion of “musical diplomacies” and ask whether and how it differs from other types of cultural diplomacy. Accordingly, sounds and voices are dealt with in acoustic terms but are not restricted to music per se, also taking into consideration the voices (speech) of musicians in the international arena. Read an interview with the editors here: https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/content/international-relations-music-and-diplomacy-sounds-and-voices-international-stage

Author : John Reed
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781510716797

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Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed Pdf

"This book is a slice of intensified history—history as I saw it.” So begins John Reed’s first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Much anticipated when it was published in 1919, Reed’s narrative remains as riveting today as when the events he describes were still reverberating throughout the world. Reed was hardly a disinterested observer, and his involvement in the Communist labor movement lends urgency and passion to his classic account. He vividly describes events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and seized the reins of power. Despite Reed’s personal leanings, which he made no attempt to hide, the book garnered praise from luminaries across the political spectrum. George F. Kennan, the American diplomat, and father of the policy of Soviet containment, said that “Reed’s account of the events of that time rises above every other contemporary record for its literary power, its penetration, its command of detail. It will be remembered when all others are forgotten." Reed was committed to telling the story of the Russian revolution as truthfully as possible. That the book was banned by Russian premier Josef Stalin is a testament to the author’s success in carrying out his mission. One hundred years after Russia and the world trembled, Ten Days that Shook the World brings alive the momentous events of 1917.

Author : Leo Tolstoi
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732632831

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi Pdf

Reproduction of the original: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Russia
ISBN : UVA:X000386901

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Soviet Russia Today by Anonim Pdf