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Richard Pipes

Richard Pipes was for many years a professor of history at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books and essays on Russia, past and present, including Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime. In 1981–82 he served as President Reagan's National Security Council adviser on Soviet and East European affairs, and he has twice received a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Marlborough, New Hampshire.
Communism
Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution
A Concise History of the Russian Revolution
Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime
The Russian Revolution

Books

Communism
Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution
A Concise History of the Russian Revolution
Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime
The Russian Revolution

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