Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956, Paperback - Anne Applebaum

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At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin a...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): John ConnellyIllustration(s): 88 b/w illus. 6 tables. 24 maps.Number of pages: 968Publication date:...

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