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High Treason
High Vladimir Sakharov; Umberto High Ballantine FIRST First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Ballantine Books, 1981. Octavo with yellow top stain. Paperback. Book is very good with light edgewear and light creasing to the spine. Seller 319239 Pulp Paperbacks
312 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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January 6, 2014
Super interesting book. The details about growing up in the Soviet system as one of the elite were fascinating, as was the organized fashion in which they were all trained to help overthrow the US. The author graduated from an elite school, and was posted in Egypt and Kuwait. He also became an agent or mole for the CIA and eventually defected. His love of jazz was one of the factors that led him to betray the Soviet state.
July 1, 2007
ketabe badi nist,fazaye russi,moskoye daheye 60,jasoosi,CIA,KGB,GRU,....:)
June 17, 2023
Well-written and honest. Sakharov hated the Soviet system for reasons that should be obvious. But what I like about this account is that he makes clear he was never exactly in love with the American system either. He also owns up to the fact that part of his reason for leaving had to do with an unhappy personal life.
The book is best when describing the day to day life of a well-to-do Russian in the Soviet Union. This was not a man who grew up in poverty. His family connections and education put him beyond the worst deprivations of that doomed economic system.
Sakharov also details just how nefarious the aims of the Soviet Union were. It truly was an evil empire and I'm glad that he was able to escape it.
In the early chapters he admits that he is not pleased by how much influence Ukrainians and other ethnic minorities were gaining within the Soviet system. It's not too much to wonder if he would have been just fine serving a Tsar or a Putin if the cause was an explicitly Russian empire, rather than one with the spoken objective of promoting the world proletariat.
The book is best when describing the day to day life of a well-to-do Russian in the Soviet Union. This was not a man who grew up in poverty. His family connections and education put him beyond the worst deprivations of that doomed economic system.
Sakharov also details just how nefarious the aims of the Soviet Union were. It truly was an evil empire and I'm glad that he was able to escape it.
In the early chapters he admits that he is not pleased by how much influence Ukrainians and other ethnic minorities were gaining within the Soviet system. It's not too much to wonder if he would have been just fine serving a Tsar or a Putin if the cause was an explicitly Russian empire, rather than one with the spoken objective of promoting the world proletariat.
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