Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Basic Books · Print & ebook · April 26, 2022
From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last century.
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- Who it’s for
- A hard-edged look at Europe between Hitler and Stalin, with Timothy Snyder’s cool precision.
- Genres
- WWII Eastern Front, Holocaust History, Eastern European History
- Published
- Basic Books, April 26, 2022
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From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last century. Americans call the Second World War “the Good War.” But before it even began, America’s ally Stalin had killed millions of his own citizens—and kept killing them during and after the war.
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Before Hitler was defeated, he had murdered six million Jews and nearly as many other Europeans. At war’s end, German and Soviet killing sites fell behind the Iron Curtain, leaving the history of mass killing in darkness. Assiduously researched, deeply humane, and utterly definitive, Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single story. With a new afterword addressing the relevance of these events to the contemporary decline of democracy, Bloodlands is required reading for anyone seeking to understand the central tragedy of modern history and its meaning today.
Between Two Regimes
A hard-edged look at Europe between Hitler and Stalin, with Timothy Snyder’s cool precision.
Come here for
- Eastern Europe under two regimes
- Edgy historical analysis
Expect
- History, war, and ideology braided tightly
- A sustained, sobering read
Where it sits
| Holocaust History | 64% |
|---|---|
| WWII Eastern Front | 52% |
| Eastern European History | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Eastern European History
- Jewish History
- World War II History
- Russian History
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- Holocaust History
- Authors
- Timothy Snyder
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- April 26, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Eastern European History