"[Marks] examines the way that Russian ideas, social models and political programs have spread across the wider world... The coverage is broad: from Marx to Marks, so to speak. The book is clear, often understated and always unpretentious; it contains several refreshingly sane and lucid accounts of complex and emotive subjects. It also managed not to be bland."
Stephen Lovell, Times ... Read moreLiterary Supplement "A valuable, accessible, and comprehensive guide... A rich example of the capacity of intellectual history to carry us across borders and over centuries... It is highly recommended for a broad readership."
Anne Gorsuch, History Today "A scholarly and thought-provoking book."
Choice "A number of books have explored the West's long and controversial influence on Russia. Few, however, have explored the reverse flow of ideas, and none better than this concise, graceful, amazingly wide-ranging book."
Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs "An extraordinarily wide-ranging and exhaustively researched study of Russia's influence on the world from the 1880s to the present... [A] fascinating, complex, and rich text that makes compelling arguments about Russia's influence upon the world. This work should be of interest not only to many Russianists, but also to a more general audience with little or no background in Russia."
Rebecca Epstein Matveyev, Slavic and East European Journal "This is an imaginative, synthetic, and stimulating exploration of one of the major phenomena of our world, the Russian contribution to the revolt against the modern west... [It] is a marvelous introduction to that antimodern revolution for the general reader, the student, and even the specialist."
Robert C. Williams, Slavic Review Show Less