Iron Curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Iron Curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56
AUTHOR:
Applebaum, Anne
ISBN:
9780141021874
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Penguin Books, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxxix, 613 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ABSTRACT:
At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism.
SUBJECT:
| Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century |
| Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century |
| Europe, Eastern -- History -- 1945-1989 |
BIBSUMMARY:
At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism.