Brian Crozier
Brian Crozier
Brian Rossiter Crozier was a historian, strategist and journalist...
again continue crisis decided defy great losing polish problem ready seed seemed seems serious sign
The very first seed was really in the great Polish crisis of 1980-81, because it seems to me they were losing their nerve. Much earlier, they had that problem in Czechoslovakia (and) they didn't hesitate. They just decided to invade. With Poland, they could have invaded, but again it seemed to me that they were not ready to continue to defy world opinion. And to me this was a serious psychological sign of weakness.
mean government unlawful
The ultimate sophistication of subversion is to take over the government, not by unlawful but by lawful means.
book intelligent ordinary
I've tried to make a book that's accessible to the ordinary, intelligent reader. Very often books that cover this kind of subject are written by academics, for academics. But I am not an academic.
kgb people unions
I've never been to the Soviet Union and the main reason for that is I was warned several times by people from the KGB who had defected to the West that it would be very unsafe for me to go there
suicide faces doe
A society that does not defend itself is doomed. A system that remains passive in the face of attack deserves to go under. Those unwilling to defend freedom will become unfree. To stand idly by is to commit suicide.
accent enemy eyes forgive looked public
He looked at me in the eyes and said, 'If you'll forgive my accent -- Where I come from, you are Public Enemy No. 1.'
In a way, I think it's the most important thing I've done.