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The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin Hardcover - 2019

by Smith, Douglas

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An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disaster. In a time of cynicism and despair about the world's ability to confront international crises, this text is a riveting account of a cooperative effort unmatched before or since.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin
  • Author Smith, Douglas
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Date 2019
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0374252963I4N00
  • ISBN 9780374252960 / 0374252963
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1920's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Foreign relations - Soviet, Soviet Union - Foreign relations - United
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019017677
  • Dewey Decimal Code 947.084

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2019, Page 12
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2019, Page 74
  • Library Journal, 10/01/2019, Page 111
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/05/2019, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 12/10/2019, Page 0

About the author

Douglas Smith is an award-winning historian and translator and the author of Rasputin and Former People, which was a bestseller in the U.K. His books have been translated into a dozen languages. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he has written for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, National Geographic, and Netflix. Before becoming a historian, he worked for the U.S. State Department in the Soviet Union and as a Russian affairs analyst for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He lives with his family in Seattle.

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