IronCurtain_TheCrushingofEasternEurope,1.epub

Copyright © 2012 by Anne Applebaum All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Group Ltd, London, in 2012. www.doubleday.com DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Cover design by Michael J. Windsor Cover illustration © akg-images/ullsteinbild Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Applebaum, Anne Iron curtain : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956 / Anne Applebaum. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Europe, Eastern—Relations—Soviet Union. 2. Soviet Union—Relations—Europe, Eastern. 3. Europe, Eastern—Politics and government—1944–1989. 4. Europe, Eastern—Social conditions—20th century. 5. Communist countries—Politics and government. 6. Communist countries—Social conditions. 7. Communism—Europe, Eastern—History—20th century. 8. Communism—Social aspects—Europe, Eastern—History—20th century. 9. Political culture— Europe, Eastern—Histor......