Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
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Published
New York : Doubleday, c2012.
Edition
1st United States ed.
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Grace Balloch Memorial Library - Non-Fiction - Adult | 947.0009 APP | On Shelf |
Hearst Library - Non-Fiction - Adult | 947 APP | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communist countries -- Politics and government.
Communist countries -- Social conditions.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.
Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communist countries -- Politics and government.
Communist countries -- Social conditions.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.
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Published
New York : Doubleday, c2012.
Format
Book
Edition
1st United States ed.
Physical Desc
xxxvi, 566 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-541) and index.
Description
In the follow-up to her previous book "Gulag," the author, a journalist delivers a history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway. 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. Josef Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. In this book, the author describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like once they were complete. She draws on newly opened East European archives, interviews, and personal accounts translated for the first time to portray in detail the dilemmas faced by millions of individuals trying to adjust to a way of life that challenged their every belief and took away everything they had accumulated. Today the Soviet Bloc is a lost civilization, one whose cruelty, paranoia, bizarre morality, and strange aesthetics is captured in the pages of this book.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Applebaum, A. (2012). Iron curtain: the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 (1st United States ed.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Applebaum, Anne, 1964-. 2012. Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Applebaum, Anne, 1964-. Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 Doubleday, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Applebaum, Anne. Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 1st United States ed., Doubleday, 2012.
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