Notes on Professor Richard Pipes
My Uncle Gil was a student of Pipes at Harvard. Gil
has expressed great admiration for Richard Pipes and a
teacher and scholar. Professor of History at Harvard
University and NeoCon strategist. Active with CIA and
State Department during the Reagan years. One of the
chief authors of Reagan's policy of a hard-line Soviet
strategy. Alleged to be the mentor
of suspected agent of Influence Douglas Feith. In
fairness Pipes has been both candid and critical about
the Likudnik Cabal in the Pentagon.
Richard Pipes
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Richard Pipes, Baird Professor of History, Emeritus, at
Harvard University, is the author of numerous books and
essays, including The Russian Revolution, Russia Under
the Bolshevik Regime, and Property and Freedom. In
1981-82 he served as President Reagan's National Security
Council adviser on Soviet and East European affairs, and
in 1992 he was an expert witness in the Russian
Constitutional Court's trial against the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union. He lives in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and Chesham, New Hampshire.
BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR
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Vixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger
by Richard Pipes Hardcover: 320 pages ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.03 x 9.40 x 6.38
Publisher: Yale University Press; (November 1,
2003)
Language: Published in English
ISBN: 0300101651
Sixteen-year-old Richard Pipes escaped from
Nazi-occupied Warsaw with his family in October
1939. Their flight took them to the United States
by way of Italy, and Pipes went on to earn a
college degree, join the U.S. Air Corps, serve as
professor of Russian history at Harvard for
nearly forty years, and become adviser to
President Reagan on Soviet and Eastern European
affairs. In this engrossing book, the eminent
historian remembers the events of his own
remarkable life as well as the unfolding of some
of the twentieth century's most extraordinary
political events. From his youthful memories of
bombs falling on Warsaw to his recollections of
the conflicts inside the Reagan administration
over American policies toward the USSR, Pipes
offers penetrating observations as well as
fascinating portraits of such cultural and
political figures as Isaiah Berlin, Ronald
Reagan, and Alexander
Haig. Perhaps most interesting of all, Pipes
depicts his evolution as a historian and his
understanding of how history is witnessed and how
it is recorded.
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The Degaev Affair: Terror and Treason in
Tsarist Russia
by Richard Pipes
Hardcover: 153 pages ; Dimensions (in inches):
0.73 x 8.54 x 5.82
Publisher: Yale University Press; (April 1, 2003)
Language: Published in English
ISBN: 0300098480
Sergei Degaev (1857–1921), a political
terrorist in Tsarist Russia, disappeared after
participating in the assassination of the chief
of Russia’s security organization in 1883.
Those who later knew and admired the quietly
brilliant Professor Alexander Pell at the
University of South Dakota never guessed this was
actually Degaev, who had triple-crossed friends
and associates while entangled in the
revolutionary movement of his homeland. This book
is the first in any language to tell in detail
the extraordinary story of one of the
world’s most intriguing revolutionaries, his
role in building and betraying the earliest
political terrorist network, and his subsequent
conventional academic career in America. The
well-known historian Richard Pipes uses
previously unexplored Russian archives to draw a
brilliant psychological, political, and
sociological portrait of Degaev. Pipes pursues
his protagonist on a twisting journey of changing
loyalties and fateful collaborations within the
network that provided the model for all modern
terrorist organizations. A cunning conspirator,
Degaev went on to reinvent himself in the United
States as a beloved mathematics professor. Either
of his lives would be considered remarkable; that
Degaev lived both is nothing short of amazing. |
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Russia Under the Old Regime (Penguin History)
by Richard Pipes
Paperback: 361 pages ; Dimensions (in inches):
0.71 x 7.74 x 5.07
Publisher: Penguin Books; 2nd edition (January 1,
1997)
Language: Published in English
ISBN: 0140247688
Other Editions: Hardcover | Audio Cassette | All
Editions
Synopsis
This study analyzes the evolution of the Russian
state from the 9th century to the 1880s, and its
unique role in managing Russian society. The
development of Russia was different from that of
the rest of Europe. The natural poverty of
geographical conditions made it extremely
difficult to construct an effective regime, and a
"patrimonial" state arose in which the
country was conceived as the personal property of
the Tsar. The book describes the evolution of
this regime, and analyzes the political behavior
of the principal social groupings, peasantry,
nobility, bourgeoisie and clergy, and accounts
for their failure to stand up to the increasing
absolutism of the Tsar. Only the intelligentsia
were able to make such a stand, and the book
shows how in countering this challenge, Russia
developed into a bureaucratic police state.
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Property and Freedom
Written by Richard Pipes
History; Law - Property; Current Affairs - Law |
Vintage | Trade Paperback | June 2000 | $15.00|
0-375-70447-7
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Richard Pipes, Harvard scholar and historian of
the Russian Revolution, brings his remarkable
erudition to an exploration of a wide range of
national and political systems to demonstrate
persuasively that private ownership has served
over the centuries to limit the power of the
state and enable democratic institutions to
evolve and thrive in the Western world.
Beginning with Greece and Rome, where the concept
of private property as we understand it first
developed, Pipes then shows us how, in the late
medieval period, the idea matured with the
expansion of commerce and the rise of cities. He
contrasts England, a country where property
rights and parliamentary government advanced
hand-in-hand, with Russia, where restrictions on
ownership have for centuries consistently abetted
authoritarian regimes; finally he provides
reflections on current and future trends in the
United States. Property and Freedom is a
brilliant contribution to political thought and
an essential work on a subject of vital
importance.
PRAISE
"A most stimulating and original book. . . .
One of the most valuable volumes on property
yet." --The American Spectator
"[Property and Freedom] is his most
ambitious [book] ever. It is always compelling,
often insightful and robust in argument."
--Literary Review
"A superb book about a topic that should be
front and center in the American political
debate. . . . Splendid because it retains the
perspective and sweep of great historical
scholarship." --National Review
" Pipes is massively erudite." --The
New York Times Book Review
" Pipes slowly builds up a strong historical
case for the necessity of property rights as a
prerequisite for freedoms in general." --The
Washington Times |
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Three " Whys" of the Russian
Revolution
Written by Richard Pipes
History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) |
Vintage | Trade Paperback | May 1997 | $11.00|
0-679-77646-X ABOUT THIS BOOK
America's foremost authority on Russian
communism--the author of the definitive studies
The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the
Bolshevik Regime--now addresses the enigmas of
that country's 70-year enthrallment with
communism. Succinct, lucidly argued, and lively
in its detail, this book offers a brilliant
summation of the life's work of a master
historian.
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A Concise History of the Russian Revolution Written
by Richard Pipes
History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union);
History - Soviet Union | Vintage | Trade
Paperback | November 1996 | $16.00| 0-679-74544-0
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The author of the classic two-volume study, The
Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik
Regime, now distills those works into an
authoritative new chronicle of Russia between
1900 and the death of Lenin. "A deep and
eloquent condemnation."--The New York Times.
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Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime
Written by Richard Pipes
History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) |
Vintage | Trade Paperback | April 1995 | $21.00|
0-679-76184-5ABOUT THIS BOOK
Pipes is a widely recognized authority on Russia
and is currently Baird professor of History at
Harvard University. This is the final volume in
his magisterial history of the Russian
Revolution, covering the period from the outbreak
of the Civil War in 1918 to Lenin's death in
1924.
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The Russian Revolution
Written by Richard Pipes
History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) |
Vintage | Trade Paperback | November 1991 |
$25.00| 0-679-73660-3
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Mr. Pipes writes trenchantly, and at times
superbly....No single volume known to me even
begins to cater so adequately to those who want
to discover what really happened to Russia....Nor
do I know any other book better designed to help
Soviet citizens to struggle out of the
darkness."
-- Ronald Hingley, The New York Times Book Review
Ground-breaking in its inclusiveness, enthralling
in its narrative of a movement whose purpose, in
the words of Leon Trotsky, was "to overthrow
the world," The Russian Revolution draws
conclusions that have already aroused great
controversy in this country-and that are certain
to be explosive when the book is published in the
Soviet Union. Richard Pipes argues convincingly
that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual,
rather than a class, uprising; that it was
steeped in terror from its very outset; and that
it was not a revolution at all but a coup d'etat
-- "the capture of governmental power by a
small minority."
PRAISE
"A monumental study...of absorbing interest
[by] the distinguished historian of modern Russia
...Lucidly written, unsurpassed in detail and
comprehensiveness."
-- Wall Street Journal
"Mr. Pipes provides invaluable background to
today's headlines....Few efforts have been made
to create such a comprehensive work.... Pipes is
a pathfinder."
-- The New York Times |
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From Benador
Associates
Richard Pipes
Richard Pipes, Professor of
History at Harvard University for over 40 years,
is one of the world's leading authorities on
Soviet, Russian and Caucasian history. His
expertise has led governments, organizations, and
publications to seek out his advice.
In addition to being a senior
professor at Harvard, Richard Pipes has served as
Director of Harvard's Russian Research Center
(1968-73), as an expert for the Russian
Constitutional Court (1992), as Director of the
National Security Council's East European and
Soviet Affairs team (1981-82), as a member of the
State Department's Reagan Transition Team (1980),
and as Chairman of the CIA's "Team B"
to Review Strategic Intelligence Estimates
(1976). He is a member of the Council of Foreign
Relations.
Mr. Pipes is a member of the
editorial boards of Strategic Review, Orbis,
International Journal of Intelligence and
CounterIntelligence, Continuity, Journal of
Strategic Studies, East European Jewish Affairs,
and Nuova Storia Contemporanea..
Richard Pipes is the author of
18 published books, the most recent being Communism:
A Brief History (2001, Random House), Land-tenure
in Pre-Roman Antiquity and its Political
Consequences (2001, Cambridge, Mass.), Prosperity
& Freedom (1999, Alfred A. Knopf), and Three
"Whys" of the Russian Revolution
(1996, Random House of Canada). His books have
been published in 12 languages. Mr. Pipes has
also edited 6 books.
Recent articles by Richard
Pipes
http://www.benadorassociates.com/pipesrichard.php
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| Historian Richard Pipes narrowly
escaped the Holocaust and watched the world
crumble around him. Richard Pipes was then a
boy in Poland, more interested in Nietzsche and
art history than politics. His father Marek was
concerned by Germany's aggression and realized
that Europe was no longer safe for Jews. Some of
Marek's old army buddies held government offices,
and through these connections the Pipes family
managed to procure a passport from a Latin
American country. A Jewish friend forged a seal
for the fake passport, and the Pipes' began their
race to escape before the borders closed.
Although Marek had some connections, his plan
came close to failing several times. The Pipes'
were detained aboard a train in Germany because
they did not have a permit. Miraculously, the
S.S. agent allowed them to leave Germany; had he
insisted on the permit, the forgery on their
passport would have been discovered.
In Italy, still not out of danger himself, Marek
tried to save family and friends who remained in
Poland. Nothing came of his efforts to bring
other Jews out, and the Pipes' flew to Spain only
a few days before the police came to their
apartment to arrest them. From Spain they sailed
to America. They had succeeded in helping only
one Jew, pretending at the last minute that he
was Pipes' mother's fiancé.
His near escape from the Holocaust left Pipes
with a respect for human life that is evident in Vixi.
Pipes describes the hardships of the German
occupation of Poland. He remembers other Jews who
were not able to escape, including relatives who
were betrayed by someone he had gone to school
with. And Pipes has no sympathy for dictators of
any ideology. Pipes'
dream
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