PULITZER PRIZE WINNER This magisterial and acclaimed history offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.
"A tragic testimony to how evil ideologically inspired dictatorships can be." -The New York Times
The Gulag-a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners-was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.
| ISBN: | 9781400034093 |
| Publication date: | 9th April 2004 |
| Author: | Anne Applebaum |
| Publisher: | Anchor Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 736 pages |
| Genres: |
European history Far-left political ideologies and movements Left-of-centre democratic ideologies General and world history |
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER This magisterial and acclaimed history offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.
"A tragic testimony to how evil ideologically inspired dictatorships can be." -The New York Times
The Gulag-a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners-was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.
Gulag features in the following genres: European history, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, General and world history
Gulag is available in Ebook, Paperback
Gulag was written by Anne Applebaum and published by Anchor Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Gulag has 736 pages