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Iron Curtain The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56

内容简介

Inthelong-awaitedfollow-uptoherPulitzerPrize-winningGulag,acclaimedjournalistAnneApplebaumdeliversagroundbreakinghistoryofhowCommunismtookoverEasternEuropeafterWorldWarIIandtransformedinfrighteningfashiontheindividualswhocameunderitssway.AttheendofWorldWarII,theSovietUniontoitssurpriseanddelightfounditselfincontrolofahugeswathofterritoryinEasternEurope.StalinandhissecretpolicesetouttoconvertadozenradicallydifferentcountriestoCommunism,acompletelynewpoliticalandmoralsystem.InIronCurtain,PulitzerPrize-winningjournalistAnneApplebaumdescribeshowtheCommunistregimesofEasternEuropewerecreatedandwhatdailylifewaslikeoncetheywerecomplete.ShedrawsonnewlyopenedEastEuropeanarchives,interviews,andpersonalaccountstranslatedforthefirsttimetoportrayindevastatingdetailthedilemmasfacedbymillionsofindividualstryingtoadjusttoawayoflifethatchallengedtheireverybeliefandtookawayeverythingtheyhadaccumulated.TodaytheSovietBlocisalostcivilization,onewhosecruelty,paranoia,bizarremorality,andstrangeaestheticsApplebaumcapturesintheelectrifyingpagesofIronCurtain.

作者简介

AnneApplebaumisacolumnistfortheWashingtonPostandSlate,coveringU.S.andinternationalpolitics.ShealsorunsaprogramonglobaltransitionsattheLegatumInstituteinLondon,andin2012-2013heldthePhillipeRomanchairinHistoryandInternationalAffairsattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.Herbook,Gulag:AHistory,wonthe2004PulitzerPrizefornon-fiction,aswellasBritain'sDuff-CooperPrize.Hermostrecentbook,IronCurtain,wasnominatedforaNationalBookAward.AnnehasbeenwritingaboutEasternEuropeandRussiasince1989,whenshecoveredthecollapseofcommunisminPolandfortheEconomistmagazine.Shemetherhusband,RadekSikorski,whentheydrovetoBerlintogethertocoverthefalloftheWall.HeiscurrentlythePolishForeignMinister.Theyhavetwochildren.

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