In 1986, journalist Nicholas Daniloff was taken into custody by the KGB in Moscow and imprisoned in retaliation for the FBI arrest of a Soviet agent. Subsequently he became a pawn in the ongoing power struggle between the United States and the U.S.S.R., and it took action by President Reagan for him to be freed. Daniloff now shares insider information, such as: • How the news media played a role in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis • The emotional impact of the JFK assassination on Soviet leadership, and • The behind-the-scenes struggle that catapulted Gorbachev to power.

He’ll also answer the question: How dangerous is Russia today?

CREDENTIALS: Nicholas Daniloff is the author of OF SPIES AND SPOKESMEN: My Life as a Cold War Correspondent (University of Missouri Press, 2008). A professor of journalism at Northeastern University, his previous books include The Kremlin and the Cosmos and Two Lives, One Russia.

AVAILABILITY: Vermont and Boston, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone
CONTACT: Beth Chandler, (573) 882-9672 (MO); chandlerb@umsystem.edu