In this magisterial and acclaimed history; Anne Applebaum 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. 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.
Society American Oriental 2016-04-26Original language:English 9.21 x .56 x 6.14l; 1.14 #File Name: 1354698371Journal of the American Oriental Society Volume 27
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