By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed

“One of the finest, most gripping surveys of the history of Russian science in the twentieth century.” —Douglas Smith, author of Former People: The Final

World-class science and technology developed in the Soviet Union during Stalin's dictatorial rule under conditions of political violence, lack of international

Describes the impact of Russian scientific research on science in the United States