'In the End I Was Right': How a Harvard Historian Helped Reagan Topple Soviet Communism
In 1949, during Stalin's reign as dictator of the Soviet Union, obituaries in the Communist-controlled newspapers stopped including the ages of those who died, "presumably for fear of revealing a declining life expectancy," Jonathan Daly writes in The Man Who Knew Russia, his new biography of Richard Pipes. The post 'In the End I Was Right': How a Harvard Historian Helped Reagan Topple Soviet Communism appeared first on .
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National Security 'In the End I Was Right': How a Harvard Historian Helped Reagan Topple Soviet Communism REVIEW: 'The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior' by Jonathan Daly 'The Man Who Knew Russia' (Amazon), Soviet, American flags (Grabien) Ira Stoll June 28, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} In 1949, during Stalin's reign as dictator of the Soviet Union, obituaries in the Communist-controlled newspapers stopped including the ages of those who died, "presumably for fear of revealing a declining life expectancy," Jonathan Daly writes in The Man Who Knew Russia, his new biography…
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