Between 1945 and 1965, the catastrophe of war—and the social and political changes it brought in its wake—had a major impact on the construction of the Sovi

These two books, which helped focus national attention on the movement for a nuclear freeze, are published in one volume.

Nikolai Berdyaev was the foremost religious and political thinker of his time. In this book he attempts to consolidate the industrial world and the place for re

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“Complex . . . an atmosphere-filled adventure . . . with a fair quota of surprises . . . a winning combination of strong characters and colorful societies.”