Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, translated by Caroline B. Higgitt and with a forword by Adam B. Ulam
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse is a leading French authority on Russian and Slavic history. She is the second woman to be admitted to the French Academy in its 350 years of existence. She is also the author of Lenin, Big Brother, and The Great Challenge.
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