Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956

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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956 is a historical study by Anne Applebaum that examines how Soviet-backed communist regimes were imposed and consolidated across Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War II.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
author Anne Applebaum ⓘ
awarded Cundill Prize recognition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
focusesOn collectivization and economic control ⓘ
destruction of civil society ⓘ
imposition of Soviet-backed communist regimes ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
post–World War II occupation policies ⓘ
propaganda and media control ⓘ
secret police systems ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasTheme Soviet imperialism ⓘ
control of culture and education ⓘ
resistance and collaboration ⓘ
totalitarianism ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
scholars of Cold War history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nonfiction true ⓘ
notableFor comparative analysis of multiple Eastern Bloc states ⓘ
detailed account of Sovietization mechanisms ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 2012 ⓘ
pages approximately 600 ⓘ
publicationDate 2012 ⓘ
publisher Doubleday ⓘ
regionCovered East Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Gulag: A History ⓘ
Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine ⓘ
setInContextOf aftermath of World War II ⓘ
shortlistedFor National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
subject Cold War ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Sovietization of Eastern Europe ⓘ
communism ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1944–1956 ⓘ
usesMethod archival research ⓘ
oral history interviews ⓘ

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Anne Applebaum → notableWork → Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956 ⓘ
Anne Applebaum → notableWork → Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956 ⓘ
subject linked to: Applebaum
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine → relatedWork → Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956 ⓘ
linked to: Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism → relatedWorkByAuthor → Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956 ⓘ