tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post1230801231099739865..comments2024-03-04T21:50:12.306+11:00Comments on Upon Hope: The Gulag Archipelago II - A Book ReviewMark Moncrieffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988061141727262837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post-68497961977013848552016-09-23T16:26:40.833+10:002016-09-23T16:26:40.833+10:00It just be remembered that Solzhenitsyn wrote abou...It just be remembered that Solzhenitsyn wrote about Communism and about the Soviet Union. When the Cold War was being waged they were topics of current affairs. <br /><br />What I find interesting is how much they reveal about the modern West by showing another time.<br /><br />Mark Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988061141727262837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post-8691911906514682052016-09-23T13:57:50.589+10:002016-09-23T13:57:50.589+10:00" those opposed in word, deed or thought to t..." those opposed in word, deed or thought to the Soviet Government."<br /><br />Even to be perceived as being so even if you were not so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post-75299910736180712222016-09-19T10:37:11.621+10:002016-09-19T10:37:11.621+10:00The interesting thing about Solzhenitsyn is that h...The interesting thing about Solzhenitsyn is that he had such such a high profile back in the 70s and now he's been pretty much vanished down the memory hole. Criticisms of totalitarianism are no longer in favour, which is rather worrying.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com