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978-0-674-07608-2. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression is a 1997 [note 1] book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics [note 2] documenting a history of political repression by communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions ...
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and deaths in labor camps and artificially created famines.
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In the introduction to The Black Book of Communism, Stéphane Courtois claims an association between communism and criminality, stating that "Communist regimes ... turned mass crime into a full-blown system of government", while adding that this criminality lies at the level of ideology rather than state practice.
Aug 24, 2010 · book describes only a partial history; history only limited to relatively small number of facts known to a few survivors of communist genocides, history of repressions, both political and civilian, by Communist states, including: genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and artificial famines.
Nov 1, 1997 · Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartosek. 4.02. 1,044 ratings124 reviews. Already famous throughout Europe, this international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former Soviet bloc to reveal the actual, practical accomplishments of Communism around the terror, torture, famine, mass deportations, and massacres.
Oct 15, 1999 · The Black Book is a groundbreaking effort by a group of French scholars to document the human costs of Communism in the 20th century. Its publication caused a sensation in France when it was first released in 1997, but Americans were not able to see for themselves what the furor was all about until October 1999, when Harvard University Press finally released an English translation.
