书目

Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956[铁幕:征服东欧,1944-1956]

内容简介

NationalBookAwardFinalistTIMEMagazine's#1NonfictionBookof2012ANewYorkTimesNotableBookAWashingtonPostTopTenBookof2012BestNonfictionof2012:TheWallStreetJournal,ThePlainDealerInthemuch-anticipatedfollow-uptoherPulitzerPrize-winningGulag,acclaimedjournalistAnneApplebaumdeliversagroundbreakinghistoryofhowCommunismtookoverEasternEuropeafterWorldWarIIandtransformedinfrighteningfashiontheindividualswhocameunderitssway.IronCurtaindescribeshow,spurredbyStalinandhissecretpolice,theCommunistregimesofEasternEuropewerecreatedandwhatdailylifewaslikeoncetheywerecomplete.DrawingonnewlyopenedEastEuropeanarchives,interviews,andpersonalaccountstranslatedforthefirsttime,Applebaumportraysinchillingdetailthedilemmasfacedbymillionsofindividualstryingtoadjusttoawayoflifethatchallengedtheireverybeliefandtookawayeverythingtheyhadaccumulated.AsaresulttheSovietBlocbecamealostcivilization,onewhosecruelty,paranoia,bizarremorality,andstrangeaestheticsApplebaumcapturesintheseelectrifyingpages.

作者简介

AnneApplebaumisacolumnistforTheWashingtonPostandSlate.Herpreviousbook,Gulag,wonthePulitzerPrizeforNonfictionandwasafinalistforthreeothermajorprizes.HeressaysappearinTheNewYorkReviewofBooks,TheNewRepublic,andTheSpectator.SheismarriedtoRadekSikorski,thePolishForeignMinister.

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