Nicholas Daniloff is Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University. His previous books include The Kremlin and the Cosmos and Two Lives, One Russia. He lives in Andover, Vermont, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
It is one thing to know the Soviet Union and it is another to
experience the Soviet Union. Daniloff has the remarkable advantage
over most commentators on Russian affairs in that he actually knows
the country well, both in its Soviet and post-Soviet incarnations,
is familiar with the language and intimately so with the history;
and on top of all of the foregoing, he has had extensive and at
times dramatic experiences while in Russia. The result is a lively,
informative, readable, and enlightening perspective, to be both
enjoyed for its literary merits and digested for its insights."
—Zbigniew Brzezinski, U. S. National Security Advisor, 1977–1981,
and author of Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of
American Superpower
"Nicholas Daniloff’s Of Spies and Spokesmen is a fascinating
account of the joys and perils of covering the Soviet Union during
the Cold War. This is journalism from the inside, by an
accomplished practitioner who, through no fault of his own, became
an international “incident.” A great read that puts the reader
right in the spooky atmosphere of Moscow when the Cold War was at
its height." —Ambassador Jack F. Matlock, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to
the USSR, 1987–1991, and author of Reagan and Gorbachev: How the
Cold War Ended
"This is truly a journalist's memoir. With a keen eye for detail
and a deep sensitivity towards his subject, Daniloff has written a
rich and rewarding account of his years covering the Soviet Union.
His knowledge of language and culture helped him go behind the Iron
Curtain and humanize and explain a dictatorship that threatened us
all. Thank you, Nick, for another splendid report." —Marvin Kalb,
Edward R. Murrow Professor Emeritus at Harvard and former Moscow
correspondent for CBS News
"Nick Daniloff has written a fascinating memoir which unveils for
us a time when Moscow correspondents were risking all to keep us
informed. He combines his experience in the last days of the Soviet
Union with his own search for connections with his
pre-revolutionary Russian forebears. He tops it off with insights
from his time as a Washington reporter covering the U.S. State
Department on the opaque politics of our own country. A thoroughly
enjoyable read! And a wake-up call as to what may be happening in
Russia today—albeit with the glitz of a society living on its
resource wealth." —Ambassador Arthur A. Hartman, U.S. Ambassador to
the USSR, 1982–1987
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