The Russianist
A new biography from one of his students examines Richard Pipes, the historian and Cold Warrior. The post The Russianist appeared first on The American Conservative .
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Arts & Letters The Russianist A new biography from one of his students examines Richard Pipes, the historian and Cold Warrior. Featured in the July/August 2026 issue Bettmann / Contributor) Jacob Heilbrunn Jun 8, 2026 12:03 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior Jonathan Daly Stanford University Press, 408 pp. $65.00 In 1985, I invited Richard Pipes to speak at Oberlin College. As chairman of the College Republican club, I hosted a variety of neoconservative and conservative thinkers, ranging from Carl Gershman, who headed a fledgling organization called the National Endowment for Democracy, to William Rusher, the publisher of the National Review.
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