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Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 Cover Image Book

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

Applebaum, Anne, 1964- (Author).

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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.

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  • ISBN: 9780385515696
  • ISBN: 0385515693
  • ISBN: 9781400095933
  • Physical Description: xxxvi, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2012]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-541) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Part 1. False dawn -- Zero hour -- Victors -- Communists -- Policemen -- Violence -- Ethnic cleansing -- Youth -- Radio -- Politics -- Economics -- Part 2. High Stalinism -- Reactionary enemies -- Internal enemies -- Homo Sovieticus -- Socialist realism -- Ideal cities -- Reluctant collaborators -- Passive opponents -- Revolutions -- Epilogue.

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Political culture > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Political persecution > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Communism > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Communism > Social aspects > 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.

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