xxxvi, 566 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-541) and index.
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.