Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Description
In the lands between Germany and Russia, two totalitarian regimes carried out an unprecedented campaign of mass murder, transforming Eastern Europe into the central killing ground of the twentieth century. Timothy Snyder examines the policies and human consequences of Stalin’s collectivization, famine, terror, and deportations alongside Hitler’s occupation, racial war, and genocide, revealing the connections and distinctions between them. Drawing on extensive research and individual testimony, the book restores victims and survivors to the center of a history long obscured by war, ideology, and the Iron Curtain. It is a deeply humane, ambitious account of political violence, memory, and the struggle to understand Europe’s darkest years.
Available Editions
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Basic Books
Published Jan 1, 2012
546 pages
ISBN: 9780465032976
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2011
544 pages
ISBN: 9781407075501
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First Published
2010
Language
eng
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