Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-169) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- Thinkers from overseas: how western experts described the Soviet Union over its 74-year history -- Homegrown Russian elites and Soviet realities -- The Soviet Union in the mirror of American public opinion from the 1930s to 1990 -- Ordinary citizens' perceptions of the Soviet system from within.
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