Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum

The 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. In 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. 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, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.

Softcover Published April 29th 2003 by

Literary Awards Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2004), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (2003) Duff Cooper Prize (2003) Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2004) National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2003)

In secondhand condition.

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