About this title: During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. Many of the victims were sent to labor camps, but ten thousand of them were dumped in a remote wasteland and left to fend for themselves. "Cannibal Island" reveals ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Univ. PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691130835ISBN:0691130833
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 248 pages. During the spring of 1933, stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the soviet regime's "cleansing" of moscow and leningrad and deported them to siberia. this work weaves this episode into a broader story about the soviet frenzy in the 1930s to purge society of all those deemed to be unfit. (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691130835ISBN:0691130833
Description: New. During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. This work weaves this episode into a broader story about the Sovi... read more
Description: Good. 0691130833 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691130835ISBN:0691130833
Description: New. "Perhaps it is not surprising that Nicolas Werth, the French historian who cowrote "The Black Book of Communism, " has decided in "Cannibal Island" to return to an incident he merely mentioned in that vast book. He was right to do so: in its way, this... read more
Description: Good. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. "Perhaps it is not surprising that Nicolas Werth, the French historian who cowrote "The Black Book of Communism, " has decided in "Cannibal Island" to return to an incident he merely mentioned in that vast book. He was right to do so: in its way, this small, brilliant work, the description of a single incident, is every bit as powerful a ... read more
Description: Good. "Perhaps it is not surprising that Nicolas Werth, the French historian who cowrote "The Black Book of Communism, " has decided in "Cannibal Island" to return to an incident he merely mentioned in that vast book. He was right to do so: in its way, this small, brilliant work, the description of a single incident, is every bit as powerful a condemnation of Communist ideology as the Black Book itself. "— Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Gulag: A History""In this ... read more
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