Iron Curtain : : the Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
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Zero Hour -- Victors -- Communists -- Policemen -- Violence -- Ethnic Cleansing -- Youth -- Radio -- Politics -- Economics -- Reactionary enemies -- Omyrtms; enemies -- Homo Sovieticus -- Socialist Realism -- Ideal Cities -- Reluctant collaborators -- Passive Opponents -- Revolutions -- Epilogue.
In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gulag," acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway.
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excellent book submitted by smgop on July 18, 2015, 7:26pm Anne Applebaum always presents material well-researched and well-written.
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New York : Doubleday, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xxxvi, 566 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385515696
0385515693
SUBJECTS
Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- History -- Europe, Eastern -- 20th century.
Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Communist countries -- Politics and government.
Communist countries -- Social conditions.