| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
On the boundary of two worlds ; 17
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On the boundary of two worlds ; 17.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Soviet Union on my mind; Chapter 2 The Soviet Union in 1980; Chapter 3 The world of couriers; Chapter 4 Campaigning for dissidents; Chapter 5 Demonstrating in Poland; Chapter 6 Playing "musical chairs" with the WPA; Chapter 7 The Soviet Union in 1985; Chapter 8 Sleeping behind my desk; Chapter 9 Intermission, and back to work; Chapter 10 The gorillas of Sakharov; Chapter 11 The mouse and the elephant; Chapter 12 Playing chess in Athens; Chapter 13 The Soviet Union in 1990; Chapter 14 The doors are opened; Chapter 15 Ukraine on the map. |
| Summary |
The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both inside the country and abroad. As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens of trips to the USSR as a courier, he had intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of the dissident movement and participated in many of the campaigns to obtain the release of Soviet political prisoners. In the late 1980s he became involved in building a humane and ethical practice of psychiatry in Eastern Europe and the (ex- ) USSR, based on respect for the human rights of persons with mental illness. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Extended version of the Dutch edition Levenslang; tussen dissindenten en waanzin, translated [into English] by Ellen Mercer. |
| Subject |
Voren, Robert van.
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Voren, Robert van. |
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Voren, Robert van. |
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Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Dissenters. |
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Soviet Union. |
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History. |
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Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991.
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| Chronological Term |
1985-1991 |
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1985 - 1991 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Voren, Robert van. On dissidents and madness. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009 9042025840 9789042025844 (OCoLC)319498222 |
| ISBN |
9781441616951 (electronic book) |
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1441616950 (electronic book) |
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9042025859 (Paper) |
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9789042025851 (Paper) |
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