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Oxford University Press, USA (1987), Paperback, 430 pages
Description
Chronicles the events of 1929 to 1933 in the Ukraine when Stalin's Soviet Communist Party killed or deported millions of peasants; abolished privately held land and forced the remaining peasantry into "collective" farms; and inflicted impossible grain quotas on the peasants that resulted in mass starvation.
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LibraryThing member KLmesoftly
More of a prosecution than an unbiased history. Conquest lays all of the blame on Stalin (rather than Lenin's decisions or the direction of the party as a whole), and works through the book to convince the reader of his point. It's an interesting thesis, though I feel that I'd have to do more
It's a good read, though, definitely--very moving, and a well-written look at a little-explored crisis of Soviet history. Check it out, but make sure you're ready to be critical of the sources represented and other choices the author makes.
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reading from other more balanced sources before reaching a final conclusion myself. It's a good read, though, definitely--very moving, and a well-written look at a little-explored crisis of Soviet history. Check it out, but make sure you're ready to be critical of the sources represented and other choices the author makes.
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LibraryThing member Whiskey3pa
A challenging read, due to content and style. It is a scholarly treatment and does not have great flow. The account of the genocide by starvation against the Ukraine is a true horror. While Marxism would go on to slaughter many millions more people over the next century this was the beginning. This
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should stand as a warning to civilization as to what communism will do. Show Less
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Original publication date
1986
Physical description
430 p.; 7.9 inches
ISBN
0195051807 / 9780195051803