To cite an example that recurs more than once in this book, here he is as a prisoner of the Stalinist police in late 1956 or early 1957: My interrogators said to me that they knew I was no follower of ...

On his transition to Oklahoma: "I've had a lot of close friends throughout my whole life that are huge Oklahoma fans. One of my good buddies goes to school here. We all hang out. It's all pretty ...

In a single, disconcerting moment, everything shifted. It defies explanation: harsh authoritarianism—sometimes cloaked in a pitiless communist guise—now stands as the model to emulate. As unlikely as ...