{"product_id":"iron-curtain-anne-applebaum","title":"Iron Curtain (Anne Applebaum)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eChosen 16 times as a 'Book of the Year' - the top non-fiction pick of 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best work of modern history I have ever read' A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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. Anne Applebaum's landmark history of this brutal time shows how societies were ruthlessly eviscerated by Communist regimes, how opposition was destroyed and what life was like for ordinary people who had to choose whether to fight, to flee or to collaborate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA haunting reminder of how fragile freedom can be, \u003ci\u003eIron Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptional work of historical and moral reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNE APPLEBAUM is a historian and journalist, a regular columnist for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eGulag: A History\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. She is the Director of Political Studies at the Legatum Institute in London, and she divides her time between Britain and Poland, where her husband, Radek Sikorski, serves as Foreign Minister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The outstanding book of the year ... a masterpiece' Oliver Kamm, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exceptionally important, wise, perceptive, remarkably objective' Antony Beevor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Explains in a manner worthy of Arthur Koestler what totalitarianism really means ... it is a window into a world of lies and evil that we can hardly imagine' Edward Lucas, \u003ci\u003eStandpoint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At last the story can be told ... a magisterial history' Orlando Figes, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnne Applebaum\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eGulag: A History\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize, of \u003ci\u003eIron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Cundill Prize, of \u003ci\u003eRed Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Lionel Gelber and Duff Cooper prizes, and of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eTwilight of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a columnist for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University. She divides her time between Britain, Poland and the USA\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 656 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65809512530269,"sku":"K054301950","price":19.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5430195000001A.jpg?v=1788510575","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/iron-curtain-anne-applebaum","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}