内容简介
TheGulag--avastarrayofSovietconcentrationcampsthatheldmillionsofpoliticalandcriminalprisoners--wasasystemofrepressionandpunishmentthatterrorizedtheentiresociety,embodyingtheworsttendenciesofSovietcommunism.Inthismagisterialandacclaimedhistory,AnneApplebaumoffersthefirstfullydocumentedportraitoftheGulag,fromitsoriginsintheRussianRevolution,throughitsexpansionunderStalin,toitscollapseintheeraofglasnost.Applebaumintimatelyre-createswhatlifewaslikeinthecampsandlinksthemtothelargerhistoryoftheSovietUnion.Immediatelyrecognizedasalandmarkandlong-overdueworkofscholarship,Gulagisanessentialbookforanyonewhowishestounderstandthehistoryofthetwentiethcentury.
作者简介
AnneApplebaumisacolumnistandmemberoftheeditorialboardoftheWashingtonPost.AgraduateofYaleandaMarshallScholar,shehasworkedastheforeignanddeputyeditoroftheSpectator(London),astheWarsawcorrespondentfortheEconomist,andasacolumnistfortheon-linemagazineSlate,aswellasforseveralBritishnewspapers.HerworkhasalsoappearedintheNewYorkReviewofBooks,ForeignAffairs,andtheWallStreetJournal,amongmanyotherpublications.ShelivesinWashington,D.C.,withherhusband,RadekSikorski,andtwochildren.