Sheila Fitzpatrick is the author of many books, including On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics (Princeton), The Shortest History of the Soviet Union, and The Russian Revolution. She is professor of history at the Institute of Humanities and Social Science at the Australian Catholic University and Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago.
""An instructive lesson in practical politics as well as history. A new look at a historical problem both logistical and humanitarian, with obvious implications today."" * Kirkus Reviews *