On dissidents and madness : : from the Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the "Soviet Union" of Vladimir Putin / / Robert van Voren.
The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980's, both inside the country and abroad. As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens...
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| Superior document: | On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 17 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 17
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980's, both inside the country and abroad. As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens of trips to the USSR as a courier, he had intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of the dissident movement and participated in many of the campaigns to obtain the release of Soviet political prisoners. In the late 1980's he became involved in building a humane and ethical practice of psychiatry in Eastern |
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| ISBN: | 1282594648 9786612594649 9042028823 1441616950 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Robert van Voren. |