{"product_id":"9781784532956","title":"A Spy in the Archives : A Memoir of Cold War Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoscow in the 1960s was the other side of the Iron Curtain: mysterious, exotic, even dangerous. In 1966 the historian Sheila Fitzpatrick travelled to Moscow to research in the Soviet archives. This was the era of Brezhnev, of a possible 'thaw' in the Cold War, when the Soviets couldn't decide either to thaw out properly or re-freeze. Moscow, the world capital of socialism, was renowned for its drabness. The buses were overcrowded; there were endemic shortages and endless queues. This was also the age of regular spying scandals and tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions and it was no surprise that visiting students were subject to intense scrutiny by the KGB. Many of Fitzpatrick's friends were involved in espionage activities - and indeed others were accused of being spies or kept under close surveillance. In this book, Sheila Fitzpatrick provides a unique insight into everyday life in Soviet Moscow. Full of drama and colourful characters, her remarkable memoir highlights the dangers and drudgery faced by Westerners living under communism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48784111960299,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":67.66,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781784532956-1.jpg?v=1781702970","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781784532956","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}