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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (56364)	9/28/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

A spy novel that I haven't read yet - written by a US intelligence and espionage expert, himself a former spy - claims that some in the KGB still thing Gorbechev was a double agent for the US, that the fall of communism was an effective American plot.... An interesting question, Michelle. I don't think so, but I shall be checking with a few sources and I shall be very interested in Joan's take on the subject.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (56364)	9/28/1999 10:28:00 PM
From: jbe	Respond to of 108807

A good book on recent turmoil in Russia, Michelle? For the general reader, I'd recommend two, both by the same guy, David Remnick. The first one ("Lenin's Tomb") focuses on the fall of the Soviet Union; the second one ("Resurrection") on the period 1991-1996. Remnick, who was the Washington Post's Moscow correspondent for some of those years, can be something of a weisenheimer, both superficial and flip. But he writes well, and both books are easy reads... Can't think of anything that would adequately cover the most recent period...Takes time to write a book that is not immediately perishable. Joan