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Fair. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges.
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Very good in good jacket. 361 pages, illustrations, maps, notes, chronology, index, some wear and creases to DJ edges, DJ in plastic sleeve. Richard Edgar Pipes (born July 11, 1923) is a Polish-American academic who specializes in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union, who espoused a strong anti-communist point of view throughout his career. In 1976 he headed Team B, a team of analysts organized by the Central Intelligence Agency who analyzed the strategic capacities and goals of the Soviet military and political leadership. Pipes is the father of American historian and expert on American foreign policy and the Middle East, Daniel Pipes. Pipes was born to a Jewish family in Cieszyn, Poland, which fled the country as refugees after it was invaded by Nazi Germany. Settling in the United States in 1940, he became a naturalized citizen in 1943 while serving in the United States Army Air Corps. From 1958 to 1996, Pipes worked at Harvard University. For anyone who wants an insight into the nature of Russian society before the revolution, there is no doubt that Professor Pipes has written the book. Lionel Kochan, Jewish Chronicle This highly acclaimed study from Richard Pipes analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the ninth century to the 1880s and its unique role in managing Russian society. The harsh geographical conditions and sheer size of the country prevented the creation of participatory government, and a patrimonial state emerged in which Russia was transformed into a gigantic royal domain. Richard Pipes traces these developments and goes on to analyze the political behavior of the principal social groupings peasantry, nobility, middle-class, and clergy and their failure to stand up to the increasing absolutism of the tsar. In order to strengthen his powers, legal and institutional bases were set up that led to the creation of a bureaucratic police state under the Communists. A brilliant and provocative analysis...learned, judicious, witty and full of common sense.
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Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. Black cloth with gilt titles (mostly missing). xxii, 361 pages. 52 B&W illustrations, 3 maps, notes, chronology, index. "The character of the modern Russian state finds its origins not only in the events of 1917 and the years following, but also in the very nature of Russian statehood since its inception. Covering the period from the ninth century to the 1880s, RUSSIA UNDER THE OLD REGIME is the first thoroughgoing analysis of the growth of the Russian state and its unique role in managing Russian society, paying particular attention to the various constraints imposed on Russian politics by external conditions. The importance of such an inquiry rests in the fact that, in Professor Pipes's opinion, the roots of modern police and totalitarian regimes should be sought in Russian historical experience rather than in western ideas."
