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A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution
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Molotov’s Magic Lantern
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Catherine the Great and Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair
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Less Than One
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The Socialist Offensive
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For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War
by Melvyn P Leffler
