San Antonio College Library

In 1980, the Cold War was in full bloom. The Soviet father of the hydrogen bomb and Nobel Peace Laureate turned dissident physicist, Andrei Sakharov, had been exiled to Gorki by the Soviet authorities. Called "senile" and under heavy Soviet censorship, Sakharov had a hard time communicating his latest scientific results to readers outside of Gorki. Some smuggled results reached the author, Harry Lipkin, who then realized that he and Sakharov were...

An anthology of writings by a diverse group of supporters, friends and autobiographical material to capture the spirit of Sakharov and his battle against oppression and nuclear war.

Sakharov, the leader of the Soviet dissenters and a world-renowned human rights activist, recounts his life.