Tyranny and Myth

Issue Date January 1995
Volume 6
Issue 1
Page Numbers 169-73
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A review of The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia, 1917-1991, by Martin Malia and Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age, by Daniel Chirot.

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