Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Bio: Richard Edgar Pipes was a Polish-American academic who specializes in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union, who espoused a strong anti-communist point of view throughout his career.
Known for:
Russia Under the Old Regime (1974)
Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime 1919-1924 (1993)
A Concise History of the Russian Revolution (1995)