Russia Imagined

A collection of 18 essays, most reprinted, covering 30 years of research and writing. Williams' main focus has been the relationship between the Russians and the west, both Europe and the US. Some of his topics are western thought and non-western nationalism in the Russian soul, Bolshevism in the west from Leninist totalitarians to cultural revolutionaries, changing directions in Russian Berlin 1922-24, America's lost Russian paintings and the 1904 St. Louis Exposition, and the Russian Revolution and the end of time. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR