Verlag: Yale University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0300107722 ISBN 13: 9780300107722
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Yale University Press, United States, 2005
ISBN 10: 0300107722 ISBN 13: 9780300107722
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A committed terrorist in Russia, an admired professor in America: the astounding story of Sergei Degaevs double life, told in full detail for the first time Sergei Degaev (18571921), a political terrorist in tsarist Russia, disappeared after participating in the assassination of the chief of Russias security organization in 1883. Those who later knew and admired the quietly brilliant Professor Alexander Pell at the University of South Dakota never guessed this was actually Degaev, who had triple-crossed friends and associates while entangled in the revolutionary movement of his homeland. This book is the first in any language to tell in detail the extraordinary story of one of the worlds most intriguing revolutionaries, his role in building and betraying the earliest political terrorist network, and his subsequent conventional academic career in America. The well-known historian Richard Pipes uses previously unexplored Russian archives to draw a brilliant psychological, political, and sociological portrait of Degaev. Pipes pursues his protagonist on a twisting journey of changing loyalties and fateful collaborations within the network that provided the model for all modern terrorist organizations. A cunning conspirator, Degaev went on to reinvent himself in the United States as a beloved mathematics professor. Either of his lives would be considered remarkable; that Degaev lived both is nothing short of amazing. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0300107722 ISBN 13: 9780300107722
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Ovidius, Bredevoort, Niederlande
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Verlag: Yale University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0300107722 ISBN 13: 9780300107722
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Zustand: New. Über den AutorRichard Pipes is Baird Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University. He is the author or editor of twenty-six books, including The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive and Vixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger, both .