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Our guest today is the historian Alexis Peri, who tells a radically new story about the Cold War, one in which American women write letters to Soviet women - who respond in kind. This correspondence, which she describes as copious, warm, and often personal, reveals experiences of joy, of loss, of small satisfactions, and deep grief.
By History Department, Boston UniversityOur guest today is the historian Alexis Peri, who tells a radically new story about the Cold War, one in which American women write letters to Soviet women - who respond in kind. This correspondence, which she describes as copious, warm, and often personal, reveals experiences of joy, of loss, of small satisfactions, and deep grief.