A powerful account of the tragic and brutal consequences of the
Communist Party/KBG control over Soviet scientists and
intelligentsia. During the Soviet years, Russian science was touted
as one of the greatest successes of the regime. Russian science was
considered to be equal, if not superior, to that of the wealthy
western nations. The Perversion of Knowledge, a history of Soviet
science that focuses on its control by the KGB and the Communist
Party, reveals the dark side of this glittering achievement. Based
on the authors firsthand experience as a Soviet scientist, and
drawing on extensive Russian language sources not easily available
to the Western reader, the book includes shocking new information
on biomedical experimentation on humans as well as an examination
of the pernicious effects of Trofim Lysenkos pseudo-biology. Also
included are many poignant case histories of those who collaborated
and those who managed to resist, focusing on the moral choices and
consequences. The text is accompanied by the authors own
translations of key archival materials, making this work an
essential resource for all those with a serious interest in Russian
history.
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