Anne Applebaum
The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners--was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In ... [... more]
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Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels "A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism." So begins one of history's most important documents, a work of such magnitude that it has forever changed not only the scope of world politics, but indeed [... more]
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William T. Walsh
In 1917 the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared in a tiny Portuguese village. Her prophecies of World War II and the rise of communism, her plea for penance, and her promise of the conversion of Russia are among the dramatic moments in this ... [... more]
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Vaclav Havel
Václav Havel's plays include The Garden Party, The Memorandum and Temptation. He was elected President of Czechoslovakia in 1989, and President of the Czech Republic in 1993. An intimate history of Czechoslovakia under communism; a meditation on .. [... more]
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Tina Rosenberg
The Pulitzer Prize-winning look at the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe click for more> Tina Rosenberg [... more]
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Vladimir Pozner
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels "A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism." So begins one of history's most important documents, a work of such magnitude that it has forever changed not only the scope of world politics, but indeed [... more]
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Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett was trained as a social anthropologist but became a journalist while doing fieldwork in Soviet Central Asia during the of communism in Russia. Since that time she has risen through the ranks of the Financial Times, holding positions ... [... more]
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Jonathan Brent
Jonathan Brent, editorial director of Yale University Press and founder of its distinguished Annals of Communism series, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is writing a biography of the Soviet Jewish writer Isaac Babel. [... more]
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