Fatal Half Measures: The Culture of Democracy in the Soviet Union

by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Antonina Bouis (Editor)

Arguing that perestroika represents a political evolution that has been underway since Stalin's death, the author discusses the social and cultural forces confronting the USSR

320 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1991

About the author

Евгений Евтушенко
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: Евгений Александрович Евтушенко; born 18 July 1933 in Zima Junction, Siberia) is a Soviet and Russian poet. He is also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and a director of several films.

Reviews

[Derek · Rating 3 out of 5]

The essays hold relatively well and certainly the poet placed himself on the right side of history.