1st Edition

Forsake Fear Memoirs of an Historian

By Aleksandr M Nekrich Copyright 1991
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1991, Forsake Fear is the history of historians in post-war Soviet society. Nekrich, in recounting his own brave story, tells us how he dared to challenge the prevailing conformism. From his unique ad riveting vantage point, Nekrich also provides a broader picture of Soviet society and its intellectual life during high Stalinism and after. In 1945, Aleksandr Nekrich returned... Read more

Preface Preface to the English Language Edition 1. The Return 2. War on Cosmopolitans! 3. Worse to Come 4. Death Throes of the Stalinist Regime 5. Years of Hope 6. Abroad! 7. June 22, 1941 8. Expulsion 9. Nine Lean Years 10. The Parting Index

Biography

Aleksandr Nekrich