Iron Curtain
The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56
$27.22
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2013
Summary
Iron Curtain is an exceptional work of historical and moral reckoning, and a haunting reminder of how fragile freedom can be.
Chosen 16 times as a ‘Book of the Year’ - the top non-fiction pick of 2012
‘The best work of modern history I have ever read’ A. N. Wilson, Financial Times
At 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 do…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141021874 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014102187X |
| Author: | Anne Applebaum |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 486g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum is a historian and journalist, a regular columnist for the Washington Post, Slate, and Daily Telegraph, and the author of several books, including Gulag- A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction and the Duff Cooper Prize, and Iron Curtain, which in 2013 won the Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature and the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. She is the Director of Political Studies at the Legatum Institute in London, and she divides her time between Britain and Poland.
Anne Applebaum is a historian and journalist. She is the author of several books, including Gulag- A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction and the Duff Cooper Prize, and Iron Curtain, which in 2013 won the Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature and the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. She is Professor of Practice at the Institute for Global Affairs, LSE and she divides her time between Britain and Poland.
Anne Applebaum is a historian and journalist. She is the author of several books, including Gulag- A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction and the Duff Cooper Prize, and Iron Curtain, which in 2013 won the Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature and the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. She is Professor of Practice at the Institute for Global Affairs, LSE and she divides her time between Britain and Poland.
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