Jonathan Daly is Professor of History at the University of Illinois Chicago. His previous books include Pillars of the Profession: The Correspondence of Richard Pipes and Marc Raeff (2019) and Seven Myths of the Russian Revolution (2023) with Leonid Trofimov.

• List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsConventions Abbreviations, and Major DatesIntroductionPart One: Scholar1. Escape to a New WorldThe Pleiade2. The Nationalities QuestionBest Friends3. Conservative Political Culture in RussiaThe Duel4. The Russian IntelligentsiaFull Professor: Comity and Clashes5. PaipovichiMugged by the 1960sPart Two: Cold Warrior6. The Otherness of RussiaThe Lie7. "Beware: Pipes!"The Man Academics Loved to Hate8. CrossroadsFamily ManPart Three: Public Intellectual9. The Russian RevolutionA Philosophy of History10. Household NameEncomiaBy Way of Conclusion: Breakthroughs and AchievementsEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

"Richard Pipes was a great scholar, devoted professor, and mentor who left an indelible mark on the study of Russian History. Jonathan Daly's fine intellectual biography is long overdue for Pipes, but could not be more timely for reflecting on the complexities of understanding Russia."—Fiona Hill, The Brookings Institution "Daly has written a deeply researched, unsentimental, and surprisingly relevant biography of a historian who transformed the field of Soviet studies and the world we live in. This book penetrates the complex ideas in many of Pipes' writings, revealing an elegant thinker who deserves a second look."—Russell E. Martin, Westminster College "Richard Pipes, Harvard Professor and intellectual giant in Russian history, was shunned by liberals and leftists because of his conservative political views. Jonathan Daly's engaging biography of Pipes will enlighten both his friends and foes and should be read widely." —Hiroaki Kuromiya, Indiana University Bloomington "Pipes's insights and provocations remain timely. Now that Vladimir Putin has reestablished an autocratic Russia and embarked upon foreign expansion, the emphasis that Pipes placed upon the weakness of civil society and the concomitant sway of the state seems hard to quarrel with. In chronicling his life and work, Daly has performed a valuable service." —Jacob Heilbrunn, The American Conservative "[The Man Who Knew Russia] does not merely describe Pipes's ideas; it stages them as a comprehensive interpretive system that seeks to explain Russian history from the Tsarist period through the Soviet collapse and into the Putin era." —Sri Lanka Guardian

Jonathan Daly is Professor of History at the University of Illinois Chicago. His previous books include Pillars of the Profession: The Correspondence of Richard Pipes and Marc Raeff (2019) and Seven Myths of the Russian Revolution (2023) with Leonid Trofimov.

• List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsConventions Abbreviations, and Major DatesIntroductionPart One: Scholar1. Escape to a New WorldThe Pleiade2. The Nationalities QuestionBest Friends3. Conservative Political Culture in RussiaThe Duel4. The Russian IntelligentsiaFull Professor: Comity and Clashes5. PaipovichiMugged by the 1960sPart Two: Cold Warrior6. The Otherness of RussiaThe Lie7. "Beware: Pipes!"The Man Academics Loved to Hate8. CrossroadsFamily ManPart Three: Public Intellectual9. The Russian RevolutionA Philosophy of History10. Household NameEncomiaBy Way of Conclusion: Breakthroughs and AchievementsEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

"Richard Pipes was a great scholar, devoted professor, and mentor who left an indelible mark on the study of Russian History. Jonathan Daly's fine intellectual biography is long overdue for Pipes, but could not be more timely for reflecting on the complexities of understanding Russia."—Fiona Hill, The Brookings Institution "Daly has written a deeply researched, unsentimental, and surprisingly relevant biography of a historian who transformed the field of Soviet studies and the world we live in. This book penetrates the complex ideas in many of Pipes' writings, revealing an elegant thinker who deserves a second look."—Russell E. Martin, Westminster College "Richard Pipes, Harvard Professor and intellectual giant in Russian history, was shunned by liberals and leftists because of his conservative political views. Jonathan Daly's engaging biography of Pipes will enlighten both his friends and foes and should be read widely." —Hiroaki Kuromiya, Indiana University Bloomington "Pipes's insights and provocations remain timely. Now that Vladimir Putin has reestablished an autocratic Russia and embarked upon foreign expansion, the emphasis that Pipes placed upon the weakness of civil society and the concomitant sway of the state seems hard to quarrel with. In chronicling his life and work, Daly has performed a valuable service." —Jacob Heilbrunn, The American Conservative "[The Man Who Knew Russia] does not merely describe Pipes's ideas; it stages them as a comprehensive interpretive system that seeks to explain Russian history from the Tsarist period through the Soviet collapse and into the Putin era." —Sri Lanka Guardian

Jonathan Daly is Professor of History at the University of Illinois Chicago. His previous books include Pillars of the Profession: The Correspondence of Richard Pipes and Marc Raeff (2019) and Seven Myths of the Russian Revolution (2023) with Leonid Trofimov.

• List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsConventions Abbreviations, and Major DatesIntroductionPart One: Scholar1. Escape to a New WorldThe Pleiade2. The Nationalities QuestionBest Friends3. Conservative Political Culture in RussiaThe Duel4. The Russian IntelligentsiaFull Professor: Comity and Clashes5. PaipovichiMugged by the 1960sPart Two: Cold Warrior6. The Otherness of RussiaThe Lie7. "Beware: Pipes!"The Man Academics Loved to Hate8. CrossroadsFamily ManPart Three: Public Intellectual9. The Russian RevolutionA Philosophy of History10. Household NameEncomiaBy Way of Conclusion: Breakthroughs and AchievementsEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

"Richard Pipes was a great scholar, devoted professor, and mentor who left an indelible mark on the study of Russian History. Jonathan Daly's fine intellectual biography is long overdue for Pipes, but could not be more timely for reflecting on the complexities of understanding Russia."—Fiona Hill, The Brookings Institution "Daly has written a deeply researched, unsentimental, and surprisingly relevant biography of a historian who transformed the field of Soviet studies and the world we live in. This book penetrates the complex ideas in many of Pipes' writings, revealing an elegant thinker who deserves a second look."—Russell E. Martin, Westminster College "Richard Pipes, Harvard Professor and intellectual giant in Russian history, was shunned by liberals and leftists because of his conservative political views. Jonathan Daly's engaging biography of Pipes will enlighten both his friends and foes and should be read widely." —Hiroaki Kuromiya, Indiana University Bloomington "Pipes's insights and provocations remain timely. Now that Vladimir Putin has reestablished an autocratic Russia and embarked upon foreign expansion, the emphasis that Pipes placed upon the weakness of civil society and the concomitant sway of the state seems hard to quarrel with. In chronicling his life and work, Daly has performed a valuable service." —Jacob Heilbrunn, The American Conservative "[The Man Who Knew Russia] does not merely describe Pipes's ideas; it stages them as a comprehensive interpretive system that seeks to explain Russian history from the Tsarist period through the Soviet collapse and into the Putin era." —Sri Lanka Guardian