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Author Applebaum, Anne, 1964-

Title Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 / Anne Applebaum.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, c2012.

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Edition 1st United States ed.
Description xxxvi, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-541) and index.
Contents Zero Hour -- Victors -- Communists -- Policemen -- Violence -- Ethnic Cleansing -- Youth -- Radio -- Politics -- Economics -- Enemies: Religion -- Enemies: Inside and Outside the Party -- Homo Sovieticus -- Socialist Realism -- Ideal Cities -- Collaborators...and Reluctant Sympathizers -- Passive Opponents -- Revolutions -- Epilogue.
Summary Discusses the creation of the Communist regimes that took hold in Eastern Europe at the end of World War II and describes what daily life was like in these countries.
Subject Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Communist countries -- Politics and government.
Communist countries -- Social conditions.
Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780385515696
0385515693