the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 Applebaum, Anne 1964- creator text bibliography nyu New York Anchor Books 2012 monographic eng

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xxxvi, 566 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 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. 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. Anne Applebaum. Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-541) and index. ee----- e-ur--- 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 Political culture Europe, Eastern History 20th century Political persecution Europe, Eastern History 20th century Socialismo Historia Europa del este Postcomunismo Historia Unión Soviética Europa del Este Historia Siglo XX Unión Soviética Historia Siglo XX Europa del Este Política y gobierno Siglo XX Unión Soviética Política y gobierno Siglo XX Primera Joranda de catalogacion 300 DJK 45 A648i 2012 947.0009045 9780385515696 (hardcover) 9781400095933 140009593X 2012022086 DLC 120608 20230410103646.0 114064