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Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 / Anne Applebaum

By:

Applebaum, Anne, , 1964-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Doubleday , c2012.Edition: 1st United States edDescription: xxxvi, 566 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780385515696

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

947 APP

LOC classification:

DJK45.S65 A67 2012

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: 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.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	947 APP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		067311

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-541) and index.

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.

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