Hedrick Smith
American journalist and author, longtime New York Times correspondent and bureau chief, known for reporting on the Soviet Union and U.S. politics and for several books on contemporary political and social issues.
Books
This list of books are ONLY the books that have been ranked on the lists that are aggregated on this site. This is not a comprehensive list of all books by this author.
-
1. The New Russians
A vivid, on-the-ground account of Russia’s chaotic shift from a command economy to market capitalism, portraying how reformers, bureaucrats, criminals and entrepreneurs scrambled to seize state assets, creating a new wealthy class amid widespread corruption, political power struggles and social dislocation; the book traces the human cost of rapid privatization, the collapse of soviet institutions, the rise of black-market practices and oligarchic influence, and how Western ideas and advisers collided with entrenched habits to shape the country’s uncertain future.
Purchase from Bookshop.org