Her subjects’ bitterness is often suffused with nostalgia for a lost Soviet idyll and deep disappointment with the no-holds-barred capitalism that replaced it when the USSR fell apart in 1991.
To: CondoleezzaProtege
Svetlana Alexievich
2 posted on
08/01/2018 7:24:54 PM PDT by
Navy Patriot
(America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
One of the few books I purchased after reading a library copy. A glimpse into the soulless soul of the former Soviet Union and modern Russia. A great read.
3 posted on
08/01/2018 7:34:42 PM PDT by
yetidog
To: CondoleezzaProtege
To: CondoleezzaProtege
The similarities to the press treatment of Trump pretty much slap you in the face here.
5 posted on
08/01/2018 8:13:36 PM PDT by
thoughtomator
(Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
I hated the Soviets and Communism and joined the military subsequently being stationed in Europe ready for the attack through Fulda. I never knew one day that I would hate the American Left much more. I never hated the people of the USSR. I hate American Leftists. Obama and Clinton made me vomit and colluded with Putin,Medvedev and Russian interests. They are pure treason. Our government just licks its...
6 posted on
08/01/2018 9:11:24 PM PDT by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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