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Author:

Applebaum, Anne, 1964-

Title:

Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956 / Anne Applebaum.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xxxvi, 566 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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.
Communism--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Communism--History--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Political culture--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Political persecution--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Zero Hour -- Victors -- Communists -- Policemen -- Violence -- Ethnic Cleansing -- Youth -- Radio -- Politics -- Economics -- Enemies: Religion -- Enemies: Inside and Outside the Party -- Homo Sovieticus -- Socialist Realism -- Ideal Cities -- Collaborators...and Reluctant Sympathizers -- Passive Opponents -- Revolutions -- Epilogue.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0385515693
9780385515696

OCLC:

(OCoLC)776519682

LCCN:

2012022086

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