Extremely welldocumented, formed by a collection of essays by distinguished scholars some are members of the left, some former communists, this book exposes the reality of communism, not the lies spread by academia, the media and their acolytes on the left. Mass crimes and human rights violations committed by the communist regime. The contributors to the book include some of the finest scholars from both east and west, who have drawn extensively on new archival findings. Some critics have objected to the book s depiction of communism and nazism as being similar, others have criticized the approach the book takes to assigning blame of deaths, and still others, most notably j. The black book of communism tries to revive the biggest lie of this century. The black book of communism crimes, terror, repression stephane courtois nicolas werth jeanlouis panne andrzej paczkowski karel bartosek jeanlouis margolin harvard university press cambridge, massachusetts london, england 1999 translated by jonathan murphy and mark kramer. After learning about canadas ridiculous monument to the victims of communism and finding out that theres a similar monument in my own city, i looked at the claims made by the reactionaries funding the projects.
Full text of the black book of communism internet archive. But conditions to do this are becoming increasingly unfavourable. The black book of communism, the seminal harvard university press work, which specialized in trying to get accurate data on the enormous volume. Animal farm by george orwell, the communist manifesto by karl marx, one day in the life of ivan denisovich by aleksandr solzh. Why doesnt the black book of communism include the almost. 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. The black book is a groundbreaking effort by a group of french scholars to document the human costs of communism in the 20th century. The black book of communism, written by stephane courtois has been called into question on multiple different grounds. Popular communism books meet your next favorite book. It was first published in 1973, followed by an english translation the following year.
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