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It is a fool's errand and Tallos knows it, but against his own better judgment and the pleading of his wife, Tallos has committed himself to a voyage north. His
Russia Transformed
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Billington examines the changes that have occurred in the former Soviet Union over recent years and argues the necessity of the USA and other Western powers mak