On dissidents and madness
Subtitle: from the Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the "Soviet Union" of Vladimir Putin
By: Robert van Voren ; foreword by Leonidas Donskis
Series: On the boundary of two worlds -- 17; On the boundary of two worlds -- 17.
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781441616951
Subjects: History; Dissenters; HISTORY
Notes: Includes index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Soviet Union on my mind; Chapter 2 The Soviet Union in 1980; Chapter 3 The world of couriers; Chapter 4 Campaigning for dissidents; Chapter 5 Demonstrating in Poland; Chapter 6 Playing "musical chairs" with the WPA; Chapter 7 The Soviet Union in 1985; Chapter 8 Sleeping behind my desk; Chapter 9 Intermission, and back to work; Chapter 10 The gorillas of Sakharov; Chapter 11 The mouse and the elephant; Chapter 12 Playing chess in Athens; Chapter 13 The Soviet Union in 1990; Chapter 14 The doors are opened; Chapter 15 Ukraine on the map