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Roy Medvedev INTRODUCTION In August-September 1970, my brother Zhores A. Medvedev wrote an account of certain events which are undoubtedly of public interest. I was also involved and kept a record of the whole episode for the benefit of our friends. My own notes include many details which are...

INTRODUCTION I first conceived of this book as a collection of essays, some of them concerned with the political involvement of myself, as a member of the Thirties' generation, with public events, others of them critical essays and reviews of purely literary interest. I hoped that this would...

PROLOGUE Mommy! Mommy! Mommy is asleep on the floor. She has been asleep for a long time. 1 brush her hair because she likes that. She doesn't wake up. 1 shake her. Mommy! My tummy hurts. It is hungry He isn't here. I am thirsty In the kitchen 1 pull a chair to the sink, and I have a drink. The...

THE PEASANT It is now almost half a century that Ho Chi Minh has been fighting, secretly and valiantly, as guerrilla leader and as President. Almost half a century during which, at the heart of the Third International and for the cause of the Leninist revolution and the Vietnamese nation, he has...

1 THE receptionist echoed the decor, a human accessory precisely in tune with the restrained, almost severe chic of her surroundings. Glossy and cool in beige and black, she murmured into the phone, ignoring the rumpled young man standing in front of her. A slight frown threatened the smooth...