Anne Applebaum
Born 25 July 1964
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964) is an American and naturalized-Polish journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe.
Quotes
“Soviet reality was always a strange one: the factory is barely functioning, in the shops there is nothing to buy, old ladies cannot afford to heat their apartments, yet in the streets outside, banners proclaim the 'triumph of socialism' and the 'heroic achievements of the Soviet motherland.'”
“Starvation was the result, rather, of the forcible removal of food from people’s homes; the roadblocks that prevented peasants from seeking work or food; the harsh rules of the blacklists imposed on farms and villages; the restrictions on barter and trade; and the vicious propaganda campaign designed to persuade Ukrainians to watch, unmoved, as their neighbours died of hunger.”
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine “Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all societies eventually will.”
"A Warning From Europe: The Worst is Yet to Come"
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Books by Anne Applebaum in order
Books by Anne Applebaum in the order they were published, from Between East and West (1994) to Autocracy, Inc (2024).
- 1Between East and West
Between East and West1994 - 2Gulag Voices
Gulag Voices2000 - 3What Is Philosophy?What Is Philosophy?2001
- 4Gulag
Gulag2003 - 5From a Polish Country House Kitchen
From a Polish Country House Kitchen2012 - 6Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain2012 - 7Red Famine
Red Famine2017 - 8Twilight of Democracy
Twilight of Democracy2020 - 9Autocracy, Inc
Autocracy, Inc2024