About the Author

Constantine Pleshakov is the author of several works of history, including Stalin's Folly, The Tsar's Last Armada, The Flight of the Romanovs, and Inside the Kremlin's Cold War. He teaches at Mount Holyoke College and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Reviews

"Clear and beautifully lyrical . . . Of all the books that mark this anniversary, [There Is No Freedom Without Bread] is one that must be read. Pleshakov writes history with a human face." --Gerard DeGroot, The Washington Post "A savvier, richer take than the usual hymns to national liberation." --Publishers Weekly "Pleshakov embeds original perspectives into a lively narrative . . . The human factor comes out in this readable rendition of the end of communism." --Gilbert Taylor, Booklist