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Memoirs of a Non-Belonger
Biography & MemoirHistory
Pages
290
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

Richard Pipes recounts his extraordinary life, from escaping Nazi-occupied Warsaw as a teenager to becoming a distinguished Harvard professor and advisor to President Reagan. He offers an insider's view of Harvard's Golden Age, the Cold War's complexities, and the inner workings of the Reagan administration. Pipes also reflects on his Polish heritage, Jewish identity, and the process of assimilation into American culture, alongside his evolution as a historian.

Prose complexity
7/10

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InformativeReflectiveIntellectual
Coming of AgeFish Out of Water

Genres

Biography & Memoir History Politics & Society Biography

Authors

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Bruce A. Ackerman

Bruce Arnold Ackerman (born August 19, 1943) is an American constitutional law scholar. He is a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School. In 2010, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers. Source: Bruce Arnold Ackerman on Wikipedia (Wikipecia contributors, CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Richard Pipes

Richard Edgar Pipes (July 11, 1923 – May 17, 2018) was a Polish American academic who specialized in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union, who espoused a strong anti-communist point of view throughout his career. In 1976 he headed Team B, a team of analysts organized by the Central Intelligence Agency who analyzed the strategic capacities and goals of the Soviet military and political leadership. Pipes was the father of American historian and expert on American foreign...