"Washington Silhouettes" is a well-informed general survey of U.S.
history, from the origins of the Cold War to the election of Ronald
Reagan. It is written in a lively, opinionated style which U.S. scholars
might dismiss as polemical or even propagandistic, primarily because the
New World Order consensus won't allow them to address its content. But
Yakovlev uses American sources (NSC memorandums during 1948-1950 were
perfectly blunt about plans to conquer the Soviets), and packs every page
with fascinating quotes from U.S. elites and other assorted fun facts.
Yakovlev's writing is uncommonly literate compared to other Progress
Publishers books that were translated from the Russian.
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