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.