The Operatic Theory of History

Paul Seabright

  • Rebirth of a Nation: An Anatomy of Russia by John Lloyd
    Joseph, 478 pp, £20.00, January 1998, ISBN 0 7181 3862 7
  • Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia by David Remnick
    Picador, 412 pp, £20.00, October 1998, ISBN 0 330 36916 4

The current crisis in Russia and the near-unanimous pessimism it has generated about the country’s prospects make this an unfortunate time to be reviewing two books with titles as upbeat as Rebirth of a Nation and Resurrection. Curiously, though, neither book has dated as much as one might have expected since the events of last August – which is to say that the crisis has told us little we did not know, at least in outline, before.

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