Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009WTTQUK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 426 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The Evils and Brutalities of Communism" according to Paul Gelman. As a child living in Romania, I remember that my parents used to do everything so that the infamous Securitate would pry into our lives as little as possible. In the sixties, the Romanian dictator Dej did everything in order to please his Russian masters. His menu included a variety of things, such as beatings, torture, incarcerations, threats, illegal deportations and the suppressio. "Nearly a "How To" Book" according to Travis White. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and could hardly put it down. As other reviewers have pointed out, the book systematically goes through how the Soviet Union and their proxy governments crushed Eastern Europe into submission. It methodically covers oppression of political parties, religious organization, youth organizations every possible grouping of people that could threaten their r. Fantastic historical insight, or frightening prophecy? A very well written scholastic work. I read this immediately before reading Child Fantastic historical insight, or frightening prophecy? SWS A very well written scholastic work. I read this immediately before reading Child 44, and believe it added significantly to my appreciation of that novel. The thing I found most frightening was the was the state's imposition of "correct thinking" on the populace, and the similarities to the politically correct thinking in todays culture. Although not the point of the book, and no att. Fantastic historical insight, or frightening prophecy? SWS A very well written scholastic work. I read this immediately before reading Child 44, and believe it added significantly to my appreciation of that novel. The thing I found most frightening was the was the state's imposition of "correct thinking" on the populace, and the similarities to the politically correct thinking in todays culture. Although not the point of the book, and no att. , and believe it added significantly to my appreciation of that novel. The thing I found most frightening was the was the state's imposition of "correct thinking" on the populace, and the similarities to the politically correct thinking in todays culture. Although not the point of the book, and no att
Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. Today the Soviet Bloc is a lost civilization, one whose cruelty, paranoia, bizarre morality, and strange aesthetics Applebaum captures in the electrifying pages of Iron Curtain.. In Iron Curtain, 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. 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. 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. She draws on newly opened East European archives, interviews, and personal accounts translated for the fi