The haunted land : facing Europe's ghosts after communism / Tina Rosenberg.
The haunted land : facing Europe's ghosts after communism / Tina Rosenberg.
The haunted land : facing Europe's ghosts after communism / Tina Rosenberg.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, c1995.
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N947/178
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiv, 437 p. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, c1995.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
The Haunted Land is a look at how four newly democratic eastern European nations are dealing with the memories of forty years of communism. As one official orthodoxy replaces another, the people and governments of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia face ethical dilemmas as complex and wrenching as anything out of Kafka or Orwell.
In the greatest moral drama of our time, Communist totalitarianism drew well-intentioned, even idealistic people into horrible crimes. Now, as formerly Communist nations attempt to atone for the past, there is the everpresent temptation to rewrite history to suit the demands of the present. Tina Rosenberg s journalistic triumph is to put a human fa...
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The haunted land : facing Europe's ghosts after communism / Tina Rosenberg.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-426) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1995.
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N947/178
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74VMBVmABegg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBVmABegg
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ISBN
0679422153 (acid-free paper)
9780679422150 (acid-free paper)
DDC
947
MMS ID
991002382109702626
