audiobook Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1917 by R. J. Rummel in History

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful. Soviet GenocideBy Anti-communistThis is the best book ever written about the Soviet Union - in fact; it is one of the very few which are even honest. The author; a political scientist at the University of Hawaii; demonstrates that the Soviet Union committed terrible crimes against humanity; including huge massacres; forced famines and slave labour. The atrocities began with the October Revolution in 1917 and continued with Stalin's genocides against national; religious socio-economic groups; the mass purges in Eastern Europe and the silent deaths of millions in the Gulag during the '50s; '60s; '70s. The book concludes with the genocidal invasion of Afghanistan.34 of 38 people found the following review helpful. Outstanding study of Soviet crimes against humanityBy A CustomerIf you only want to read one book on the Soviet regime; this is it. It shows that every Soviet dictator - from Lenin to Gorbachev - committed terrible atrocities against entire populations; including large-scale massacres; man-made terror-famines; and the destruction of millions in concentration camps. After discussing the historical record; the author collects and analyses thousands of estimates of the Soviet death toll; which he calculates at nearly 62 million. This book should be compulsory reading for anyone who cares about human rights.