Applebaum, Anne, 1964-

Gulag : a history / Anne Applebaum. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2004, c2003. - xl, 677 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939 -- Bolshevik beginnings -- First camp of the Gulag -- 1929, the great turning point -- White Sea canal -- Camps expand -- Great terror, and its aftermath -- Life and work in the camps -- Arrest -- Prison -- Transport, arrival, selection -- t Life in the camps -- Work in the camps -- Punishment and reward -- Guards -- Prisoners -- Women and children -- Dying -- Strategies of survival -- Rebellion and escape -- Rise and fall of the camp-industrial complex, 1940-1986 -- War begins -- Strangers -- Amnesty-and afterward -- Zenith of the camp-industrial comples -- Death of Stalin -- Zeks' revolution -- Thaw - and release -- Era of the dissidents -- 1980s: smashing statues -- Memory -- How many? Part one: The The The The The Part two: The The The Part three: The The The The The The The Epilogue: Appendix:

ISBN: 1400034094 (bound pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Concentration camps--History.--Soviet Union
Forced labor--History.--Soviet Union
Prisons--History.--Soviet Union

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Soviet Union--Politics and government.