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Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 / Anne Applebaum. |
| Authors: | Applebaum, Anne, 1964- |
| Call number: | 947 APP |
| Publisher: | New York : Doubleday, c2012. |
| Publication date: | c2012. |
| Subject: |
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. Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century. Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century. |
| Title: | Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 / Anne Applebaum. |
| Edition: | 1st United States ed. |
| Physical description: | xxxvi, 566 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents note: | 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. |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-541) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780385515696 (hardcover) 0385515693 (hardcover) |
| LCCN: | 2012022086 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1406012 |
| Bib No.: | 1406012 |
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