Dispatches from the Former Evil Empire

by Richard Threlked, Walter Cronkite, Betsy Aaron, et al.

Book Overview

For almost three years, as Moscow Correspondent for CBS News, Richard Threlkeld was a close observer of the scene inside Russia and many of its old Soviet allies. This broad canvas of a book is his engaging memoir of life in the remains of the former Soviet Empire during the waning years of Boris Yeltsin's regime. Through colorful vignettes the reader is taken from the crime-ridden Wild, Wild East of Siberia to the glitzy casino world of the new Russian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573929042
• ISBN13: 9781573929042
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"