· Revelations from this time period like Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago —about the labor camps—and Bukovsky’s To Build a Castl e—about the dissident movement and the use of psychiatric hospitals to incarcerate and debilitate those dissidents, did much to awake the West from its partially self-induced and partially propaganda-induced stupefied thinking about how the Cold War was a waste of Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. · To Build a Castle is the story of Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky. He was born in Russia during World War II, and he was raised to view Stalin as a benevolent God. But as a teenager, he learned the truth – that Stalin was a monster. The moral injury of /5. To Build a Castle is the story of Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky. He was born in Russia during World War II, and he was raised to view Stalin as a benevolent God. But as a teenager, he learned the truth – that Stalin was a monster. The moral injury of this revelation defined Bukovsky's life/5(76).
To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter Vladimir Bukovsky View Larger Image A major document in the literature of human rights, this now-legendary memoir, by one of the most prominent of the Soviet-era Russian dissidents, was a world-wide bestseller when first published in Very Good Used Trade paperback. Email to friends Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tab. This is my book review of "To Build a Castle" by Vladimir Bukovsky.
TO BUILD A CASTLE. Bukovsky's landmark memoir is available for Amazon Kindle. When To Build a Castle debuted in , Ronald Reagan told his radio audience, "This book is important." Today, Russian activists Garry Kasparov and Pussy Riot are among those declaring the book worth reading in on its Amazon page. Revelations from this time period like Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago —about the labor camps—and Bukovsky’s To Build a Castl e—about the dissident movement and the use of psychiatric hospitals to incarcerate and debilitate those dissidents, did much to awake the West from its partially self-induced and partially propaganda-induced stupefied thinking about how the Cold War was a waste of time and money, how the world needed a convergence of the two systems (a “peaceful. To Build a Castle is the story of Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky. He was born in Russia during World War II, and he was raised to view Stalin as a benevolent God. But as a teenager, he learned the truth – that Stalin was a monster. The moral injury of this revelation defined Buko. This is my favorite book.
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