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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Booknotes 20150411

Political events, where the soviet people were, in fact, breaking free of their past. So it has sort of multiple meanings. And actually, the concept of freedom is dealt with quite a lot in the book. Cspan whats the book about . Guest well, the book is about my love affair and eventual marriage with a member of gorbachevs inner circle, a man who was a member of the communist party and the head of the soviet Space Program at the time. I should say the civilian program. But really, its this story set against the backdrop of the end of the cold war and the collapse not only of the soviet union but the end of soviet communism. Cspan what years did you write about . Guest well, the main part of the story really takes place between 1986 and 1991, the very last years of soviet rule. Cspan what were you doing in 1986 . Guest well, i was traveling back and forth quite a lot before i met the man who became my husband, and i was representing t ....

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