{"product_id":"enemies-of-the-state-personal-stories-from-the-gulag-9781566634564","title":"Enemies of the State: Personal Stories from the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpts from nine of the most widely read Gulag books. In addition to providing a ghastly record of Communist terror, the Critchlows also explain why Western readers developed such deep mistrust of peaceful coexistence with any Communist nation. The Critchlows have rendered a signal service to scholarship by providing attention, access, and background to this historically important literature. —John Earl Haynes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Critchlows have rendered a signal service by providing attention, access, and background to this historically important literature. -- John Earl Haynes, author of Early Cold War Spies\u003cbr\u003eThese accounts by largely forgotten figures [offer] a strength in the face of the inversion of truth and rationality that is incomprehensible. -- Tim Marchman * New York Sun *\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides shocking insight into the workings of communism and, therefore, into the Cold War itself. * Conservativenet *\u003cbr\u003eThese stories should not only be read for the lessons they can teach us about socialism. They should be read because they are great literature, human drama, and an inspiration to everyone who will ever face adversity. * Conservative Monitor *\u003cbr\u003eThe stories told and retold here...make for painful but necessary reading.... What they have to say we must never forget. * First Things *\u003cbr\u003eThe narratives collected...exemplify...the abuses of human rights in Communist states and act...as landmarks in...history... * The Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003ePowerful and revealing information about the human costs of the attempted applications of Marxism-Leninism… -- Paul Hollander * Journal of Cold War Studies *\u003cbr\u003eThese memoirs pose important questions about the monolithic character of communist ideology. -- Karla Cruise * Slavic and East European Journal *\u003cbr\u003eCritchlow contributes greatly to our understanding of American politics in the last half of the twentieth century. -- Jonathan J. Bean","brand":"Ivan R Dee, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041368310103,"sku":"9781566634564","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781566634564.jpg?v=1750949999","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/enemies-of-the-state-personal-stories-from-the-gulag-9781566634564","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}