Soviet Union | Working Truth

Publisher and Writer – Landowner and Serf

by Robert | Jun 12, 2012 | Publishing, Russia, Soviet Union

I’ve spent a great deal of time composing this blog because I am writing a scene, time frame 1961, in which two young men, Rick Belisle and Andrei Byelenko, minor league baseball hopefuls and sons of Slavic immigrants, are discussing in context of their...

Misdirection

by Robert | Oct 27, 2011 | Deception, Soviet Union, Wisconsin

You don’t have to fool all of the people all of the time; you just have to fool the right people some of the time. (folk wisdom) On June 18 (1941) Timoshenko and Zhukov tried once again to persuade Stalin and the Politburo to put the Army on full alert. The more...

All deception is based on truth

by Robert | Sep 18, 2011 | Deception, Soviet Union, Uncategorized

A first rule of deception is truth. All deception works within the context of what is true. All deception works within the context of honesty. Deception is the deliberate attempt to manipulate the perceptions of the target[1]. This first principle, truth,...

Pricipals of deception, or “Rules in a knife fight”

by Robert | Sep 8, 2011 | Deception, Soviet Union

You are traversing a large and dark room. Dim bulbs glow and extinguish, here and there, without illumination. There is sound; now loud, now low, its source and direction uncertain, then silence. Smells; oil or burning rubber. Touch; your shin strikes an iron bar, a...

This Web Log is about…

by Robert | Jun 25, 2011 | Deception, Publishing, Russia, Soviet Union

The purpose of this web site is to make sense of liars whom I’ve lived and worked among, against, and for in my life. There are moments when I shake with rage at the memory of trust broken; as well I quiver with shame at the memory of breaking trust. We deceive...

Memories from the time of Stalin

by Robert | Dec 2, 2010 | Book Reviews, Russia, Soviet Union

I am reading interviews about Soviet Repression Orlando Figes [ http://www.orlandofiges.com/familyHistory.php ] with the assistance of Russian Memorial had gathered. It is about as sad as it gets. Memorial, controversial in Russia, is both an organization and an...