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Gulag : A History
Author: ANNE APPLEBAUM
Binding: Paperback
Published: 09 April, 2004
ISBN: 1400034094
$11.87
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Gulag : A History
by: ANNE APPLEBAUM
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 
The Horror of History: 
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum is the first compresive account of the Soviet system of forced labor and random terror. Now that the shroud of secrecy and propaganda is lifted, the reality of twentieth century Soviet Union, and especially the period of Stalin's rule, is of a catastrophically malfunctioning totalitarian state. At times the horror of the Gulag is almost unfathomable. Applebaum's research here is clearly very thorough. She makes ample use of survivor memoirs, recently opened Soviet... more info
Towards a Mature History of the Gulag:
This book is a excellent and surprisingly balanced history of the Soviet prison system. Applebaum readily admits that it is an incomplete first attempt at the full story, but she has gone beyond the horror show and has seriously considered why and how the Gulag system came to be.
"Gulag" offers no apologies for communist rule -- it begins by calling the prisons concentration camps and wonders why the Nazis are commonly seen as a greater historical evil than the Soviets -- but the damning tone of the... more info
Evil does exist:
This book underscores the evil that was and still is Communism. In a profound way it also celebrates the human freedom allowed by free-enterprise and capitalism. Communist states rely so much on forcd labor that they ultimately doom themselves to economic stagnation and finally the collapse of their government.
The Gulag system forced production for the state by isolating many of the best and the brightest, the very people who spurred success in the West, in forced labor camps.
This book demonstrates... more info
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