Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information
New York : Doubleday, c2012.
Physical Description
xxxvi, 566 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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.
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.
Subjects
- Communism > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
- Communism > Social aspects > Europe, Eastern > History > 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.