The Mortal Danger: How Misconceptions About Russia Imperil America (Second Edition) - Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr

Clean, tight, unmarked; crease to back cover near spine edge; very light crease near spine edge of front cover; slight wear to edges of spine; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; "Anyone not hopelessly blinded by his own illusions must recognize that the West today finds itself in a crisis, perhaps even in mortal danger... All of America's mistakes and misconceptions about Russia might have been purely academic in the past, but not in the swift-moving world of today." These two sentences epitomize the argument in Solzhenitsyn's powerful book. He analyzes in detail the persistent misconceptions of Russian history by American historians, diplomats, and journalists and their confusion of "the Russian people" with the Soviet regime. Solzhenistsyn is convinced that these misguided views have led to disastrous mistakes in foreign policy from which Americans must rescue themselves. With letters from Robert C. Tucker, Silvio J. Treves, Robert W. Thurston, Eugen Loebl, John R. Dunlap, and Alexander Dallin, and Solzhenitsyn's reply, "The Courage to See" The viewpoint of The Mortal Danger is bitter and explosive but it originates in a mind which has experienced Soviet Russia from the depths of its harsh interior - and has no illusions about its leadership. 
Very Good
Soft cover
Harper & Row
1981
New York, NY