What madness meant was a fiercely contested question in Soviet society. State of Madness examines the politically fraught collision between psychiatric and lite

Robert Hornsby draws on a range of declassified archival material to analyse political protest and government repression in post-Stalin USSR.

“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class.” So begins Vivian Gornick’s exploration of how the world of so

This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. Based in la

This book examines the social and cultural impact of the 'thaw' in Cold War relations, decision-making and policy formation in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khr