{"product_id":"gulag-a-history-9781400034093","title":"Gulag: A History","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e- ONE OF \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e's 50 BEST BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM OF THE 21st CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, \u003ci\u003eGulag\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Applebaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.24w x 1.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400034093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne Applebaum is a columnist and member of the editorial board of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e A graduate of Yale and a Marshall Scholar, she has worked as the foreign and deputy editor of the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e (London), as the Warsaw correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e, and as a columnist for the on-line magazine \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as for several British newspapers. Her work has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAffairs\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Radek Sikorski, and two children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39826509267059,"sku":"9781400034093","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c57cc8cb-17fe-4f61-b752-d815d7dd4c13.jpg?v=1644550169","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/gulag-a-history-9781400034093","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}