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Meeting the demands of reason : the life and thought of Andrei Sakharov / Jay Bergman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergman, Jay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dissenters--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Dissenters.
- Physicists--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Political prisoners--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Political prisoners.
- Human rights workers--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Human rights workers.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.
- Soviet Union.
- Sakharov, Andreĭ, 1921-1989.
- Sakharov, Andreĭ.
- Sakharov, Andreĭ, 1921-1989--Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive account of Sakharov's life and intellectual development, focusing on his political thought and the effect his ideas had on Soviet society.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Earliest Infl uences: 1921-1945
- 1 A Childhood of Culture and Ideas
- 2 Expanding Horizons
- Designing Weapons for the Maintenance of Peace: 1945 - 1956
- 3 Tamm's Protégé at FIAN
- 4 Arzamas-16-The Secret Installation
- 5 The "Layer Cake" and Other Weapons
- A Scientist with a Social Conscience: 1956 - 1968
- 6 Radioactive Fallout and Other Matters of Conscience
- 7 Confronting Khrushchev
- 8 The Nuzhdin Affair
- 9 A Dissident at Last
- Challenging the Soviet Goliath: 1968-1973
- 10 Reflections on Progress, Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom
- 11 An Equal Partner in Politics and Life
- 12 Moral Anchor of a Dissident Movement
- 13 The Regime Reacts
- "Domestic Enemy Number One": 1973 - 980
- 14 Orchestrated Vituperation
- 15 Debating Solzhenitsyn
- 16 Détente and Human Rights
- 17 Nobel Laureate
- 18 The Noose Tightens
- In Exile, Unrepentant: 1980 - 1986
- 19 Arrested but Still Defiant
- 20 Finding Hope in Quantum Physics
- 21 The Soviet Leadership Softens
- The Conscience of Perestroika: 1986 - 1989
- 22 Return to Moscow
- 23 A Different Kind of Perestroika
- 24 The Congress of People's Deputies
- 25 Apotheosis Postmortem
- Conclusion Sakharov's Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-444) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8014-5838-2
- OCLC:
- 726824229
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