Werth, a wellregarded french specialist on the soviet union whose sections in the black book on the soviet communists are sober and damning, told le monde, death camps did not exist in the. According to hagenloh, my book, which was first released in france in february 2006, leans heavily on works by fellow scholars, particularly lynne viola, david shearer. Sous staline archives more editions of etre communiste en u. Crimes, terror, repression is a 1997 book by stephane courtois, nicolas werth, andrzej paczkowski and several other european academics documenting a history of political repressions by communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, killing populations in labor camps and artificially created famines. Beyond totalitarianism in essays written jointly by specialists on soviet and german history, the contributors to this book rethink and rework the nature of stalinism and nazism and establish a new methodology for viewing their histories that goes well beyond the nowoutdated twentiethcentury models of totalitarianism, ideology, and personality. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Robert levgold, foreign affairs nicolas werths book is the stuff of nightmares. Etre communiste en urss sous staline nicolas werth on. In 2012 losurdo engaged french anticommunist scholar nicolas werth in a debate over stalin. Written by nicolas werth, audiobook narrated by nicolas werth. Outline for an inventory and classification for about 15 years now, the opening of the soviet archives, partial though it twas, has allowed historians to go further in the understanding of the darker, repressive and criminal aspects of the stalinist regime.
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This is an intelligent, humane and rich book, one from which even the specialist has much to learn. How nicolas werth betrayed his father alexander werth. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Nicolas werth born 1950 is a french historian, and a scholar of communist studies, particularly the history of the soviet union.
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It recounts the fate of 6,000 special settlers, rounded up in moscow and leningrad in 1933 and sent to the island of nazino in the ob river in western siberia. Major persecutions of the soviet empire college of the. Communism and hunger conference holodomor research and. The work of contemporary rightwing british journalist andrew alexander, for instance, can be easily used to deconstruct the pseudohistory as peddled by nicolas werth, particularly in his 2012 book entitled america and the imperialism of ignorance. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, jeanlouis margolin translated by jonathan murphy and mark kramer cambridge, massachusetts. Carla king, irish times a chilling piece of historical reconstruction. Nicolas werth is a french historian, and an internationally known expert on communist studies, particularly the history of the soviet union. Since the 2000s, all his books are financed by the hoover institution. Titan comics is a bold new publishing initiative from titan publishing, offering readers the best new stories from new and established comics creators, and offering those creators a great deal to bring their stories to a worldwide audience.