The Russianist
Richard Pipes, a historian and Cold Warrior, is the subject of a new biography by Jonathan Daly, which examines his life and career. Pipes was a professor of Russian history at Harvard and a former Reagan administration national security council adviser, known for his controversial views on the Soviet Union. The biography provides a detailed and dispassionate look at Pipes's life and work, including his battles with revisionist historians and his significance as a scholar and policymaker.
- ▪Richard Pipes was a professor of Russian history at Harvard and a former Reagan administration national security council adviser.
- ▪Pipes was known for his controversial views on the Soviet Union, which led to criticism from revisionist historians and Russian nationalists.
- ▪Jonathan Daly's biography of Pipes provides a fresh look at the controversies surrounding his life and work.
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| Publication time | Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:03:00 +0000 |
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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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