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Richard Pipes

Richard Pipes

Born 11 JUl 1923 · Died 17 May 2018

From Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland · Nationality: United States, Poland · Writes nonfiction

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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.

Quotes

  • “No prominent European socialist before World War I resembled Lenin more closely than Benito Mussolini. Like Lenin, he headed the antirevisionist wing of the country’s Socialist Party; like him, he believed that the worker was not by nature a revolutionary and had to be prodded to radical action by an intellectual elite.”
    Russia Under The Bolshevik Regime, p. 245
  • “Stoicism’s contribution to the shaping of the Western intellectual tradition is probably second only to that of Jewish monotheism. If monotheism advanced the revolutionary concept of an all-powerful and all-pervasive but non-material God ruling the universe, the theory of Natural Law posited that God’s universe was rational and capable of being grasped by human intelligence.”
    Property and Freedom, p. 7
  • “Lenin wanted power. This may sound self-evident; after all, every politician is assumed to lust for power. But deep down, Lenin’s rivals did not want it.”
    Three “Whys” of the Russian Revolution, p. 42
  • “We cannot determine whether or not he had met Lenin during their common exile in Switzerland; Mussolini once cryptically remarked: ‘Lenin knew me better than I knew him.’”
    Three “Whys” of the Russian Revolution, p. 37
  • “The purpose of totalitarian parties, for which Bolshevism provided the model, was not to become the government, but to manipulate the government from behind the scenes.”
    Three “Whys” of the Russian Revolution, p. 39

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Books by Richard Pipes in order

Books by Richard Pipes in the order they were published, from Moslems of Soviet Central Asia (1954) to Russian Conservatism and Its Critics (2005).

  1. 1Moslems of Soviet Central AsiaMoslems of Soviet Central Asia1954
  2. 2The Formation of the Soviet UnionThe Formation of the Soviet Union1954
  3. 3The Russian Intelligentsia. --The Russian Intelligentsia. --1961
  4. 4Revolutionary RussiaRevolutionary Russia1968
  5. 5Struve, Liberal on the Left, 1870-1905Struve, Liberal on the Left, 1870-19051970
  6. 6International Negotiation: Some Operational Principles of SoInternational Negotiation: Some Operational Principles of Soviet Foreign Policy1972
  7. 7Russia Under the Old RegimeRussia Under the Old Regime1974
  8. 8Soviet Strategy in EuropeSoviet Strategy in Europe1976
  9. 9Modern EuropeModern Europe1981
  10. 10Survival Is Not EnoughSurvival Is Not Enough1984
  11. 11Russia ObservedRussia Observed1989
  12. 12The Degaev AffairThe Degaev Affair1989
  13. 13Legalised LawlessnessLegalised Lawlessness1990
  14. 14The Russian RevolutionThe Russian Revolution1990
  15. 15The Russian Revolution Part 1 of 3The Russian Revolution Part 1 of 31990
  16. 16Russia Under the Bolshevik RegimeRussia Under the Bolshevik Regime1993
  17. 17Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime, 1919-1924Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime, 1919-19241994
  18. 18A Concise History of the Russian RevolutionA Concise History of the Russian Revolution1995
  19. 19Three "Whys" of the Russian RevolutionThree "Whys" of the Russian Revolution1995
  20. 20Property and FreedomProperty and Freedom1999
  21. 21CommunismCommunism2001
  22. 22Karamzin's Memoir on Ancient and Modern RussiaKaramzin's Memoir on Ancient and Modern Russia2005
  23. 23Russian Conservatism and Its CriticsRussian Conservatism and Its Critics2005
  24. 24Russian Marxism and Its Populist BackgroundRussian Marxism and Its Populist Background

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