02065cam a2200361 4500 155799943 TxAuBib 20140224120000.0 120608s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012022086 9780385515696 $35.00 0385515693 $35.00 TxAuBib Applebaum, Anne, 1964- Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 / Anne Applebaum. 1st United States ed. New York : Doubleday, 2012. xxxvi, 566 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gulag," acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway. 20140224. 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. Europe, Eastern Relations Soviet Union. Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989. Europe, Eastern Social conditions 20th century. Soviet Union Relations Europe, Eastern. Communist countries Politics and government. Communist countries Social conditions.