Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
Applebaum, Anne , 1964-
Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 / Anne Applebaum - 1st United States ed. - New York : Doubleday , c2012. - xxxvi, 566 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-541) and index.
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.
At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union, to its surprise and delight, found itself in control of a huge swath of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like, once they were complete.
9780385515696
2012022086
Political culture----History----Europe, Eastern----20th century
Political persecutions---History---Europe, Eastern---20th century
Europe, Eastern----Relations----Soviet Union
Europe, Eastern----Social conditions----20th century
Communism----History----Eastern Europe----20th century
DJK45.S65 / A67 2012
947 APP
Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 / Anne Applebaum - 1st United States ed. - New York : Doubleday , c2012. - xxxvi, 566 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-541) and index.
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.
At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union, to its surprise and delight, found itself in control of a huge swath of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like, once they were complete.
9780385515696
2012022086
Political culture----History----Europe, Eastern----20th century
Political persecutions---History---Europe, Eastern---20th century
Europe, Eastern----Relations----Soviet Union
Europe, Eastern----Social conditions----20th century
Communism----History----Eastern Europe----20th century
DJK45.S65 / A67 2012
947 APP
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