ISBN:
9780618573097
,
0618573097
,
9780547577470
,
0547577478
Language:
English
Pages:
598 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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21 cm
Edition:
1st Mariner books ed. 2011
Year of publication:
2011
DDC:
305.892
Keywords:
Jews History 20th century
;
Jews Social conditions 20th century
;
Jews Persecutions 20th century
;
History
;
Jews Politics and government 20th century
;
Refuseniks
;
Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
;
Ethnic relations
;
Jews
;
Jews ; Persecutions
;
Jews ; Politics and government
;
Jews ; Social conditions
;
Refuseniks
;
Soviet Union
;
History
;
Soviet Union Emigration and immigration
;
Government policy
;
Soviet Union Ethnic relations
Abstract:
After the thaw, 1963-1970 -- Beneath the Earth, 1963-1966 -- "Failure may have become our habit," 1963-1964 -- A circumcision at the Dacha, 1966-1969 -- The Overall Orchestra, 1965-1969 -- "Escape, Daughter of Zion dwelling in Babylon," 1969-1970 -- Their own detente, 1970-1980 -- Outrageous things, 1970-1972 -- Birth of the Refusenik, 1970-1972 -- Linkage, 1972-1975 -- Politiki and Kulturniki, 1975-1977 -- The shaming, 1977-1978 -- Trial and exile, 1977-1980 --Slouching towards Glasnost, 1981-1987 -- Hopelessness, 1981-1984 -- Pawns again, 1985-1986 -- "Mr. Gorbachev, let these people go!" 1986-1987 -- Afterword: Hundreds of thousands, 1988-1991.
Abstract:
Draws on newly released government documents to trace the three-decade effort to protect Jewish Soviet citizens after World War II, providing coverage of the movement's impact on Judaism, the Cold War, and immigration
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 568-579) and index
