Staunton, September 1 In 1997, David King produced his magisterial volume on how the Soviets airbrushed out of pictures disgraced former officials entitled The Commissar Vanishes. But now, many had assumed that in the age of the Internet, no regime would have equal success in destroying information about the past. Indeed, for all too many, […]
Can the Commissar Vanish in the Age of the Internet? Probably Not
September 2, 2015