"[Discusses one of] Stalin's greatest crimes--the consequences of which still resonate today In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization--in effect a second Russian revolution--which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. At least five million people died between 1931 and 1933 in the USSR"--Provided by publisher.
"[The author] explains why some of her contemporaries have abandoned liberal democratic ideals in favor of strongman cults, nationalist movements, or one-party states"--Provided by publisher.
"[Discusses one of] Stalin's greatest crimes--the consequences of which still resonate today In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization--in effect a second Russian revolution--which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. At least five million people died between 1931 and 1933 in the USSR"--Provided by publisher.
Chronicles the history of the Soviet concentration camp system--the Gulag--examining its creation, its purposes, the process of prisoner arrest and trial, daily life in the camps, and the reasons the Gulag is not a prominent topic in history.
Chronicles the history of the Soviet concentration camp system--the Gulag--examining its creation, its purposes, the process of prisoner arrest and trial, daily life in the camps, and the reasons the Gulag is not a prominent topic in history.
