ASSIGNMENT MOSCOW: NEW COVER DESIGN FOR NEW EDITION
THE NEW EDITION of my most recent book, Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin will be published in May next year. It is updated with new material on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
That new material includes interviews with some of the journalists who felt forced to flee Moscow once new laws on reporting the war in Ukraine put them at risk of prison.
The book as a whole tells the story of Moscow correspondents from the revolutionary year of 1917 to the present day. It draws on archive research, memoirs, and news coverage from history to show how the world came to know about Russia in times of war, revolution, and the rise and fall of Soviet power. The later stages also include some of my own experiences as a correspondent in Russia, covering stories from the end of the Soviet Union, to the rise of Vladimir Putin, and the wars in Chechnya and Georgia.
You can find out more about the book, including reviews from History Today and Foreign Affairs, here Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin: James Rodgers: Bloomsbury Academic on the publisher’s website, where you can also pre-order the new edition.
Because the first edition came out during lockdown, it was nearly two years until I was able to do an in-person event–so I will hope to do more next year, discussing a book that has become even more timely since the crackdown on independent reporting in Russia that came with the war.
I will publish details of any live events here and on social media (@jmacrodgers on Twitter).
You can contact me there or through mollie.broad@bloomsbury.com for any media work, speaking engagements etc.
