As New. Text by Theodore H. And Angela Von Laue. Introduction by Tatoama Baltermants. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Dmitri Baltermants. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price-clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. ; Black-and-white photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 262 pages.

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Title: FACES OF A NATION: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION, 1917 - 1991
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing c1996, Golden, Colorado
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1555912621
ISBN 13: 9781555912628
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Images by the prominent Soviet photographer illustrate the fall of communism in the Soviet Union

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Angela Von Laue, has been Theodore H. Von Laue's research assistant and editor since their marriage in 1976. She also teaches English as a Second Language. Theodore H. Von Laue was born in Germany in 1916 and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1944. He is Emeritus Professor of European History at Clark University and author of the best-selling book Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Why Gorbachev? His wife, Angela Von Laue, has been his research assistant and editor since their marriage in 1976. Dmitri Baltermants (1912-1900) was the preeminent photojournalist working in the Soviet Union from World War II through the Brezhnev era. His work, as a photographer and photoeditor for the popular news magazine Ogonyuk, helped shape the way that the Soviet people saw their world.

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