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Gulag: Life and Death Inside the Soviet Concentration Camps
Tomasz Kizny
Firefly Books, 2004
A brutal reminder of horrible times
+ Sad time in our civilization.
The Gulag system of slave labor camps is rarely brought up and never compared to the death camps run by the nazis. Yet millions lost their lives in them, and they were not just Russians either: Ukrainians, Latvians, Finns, Uzbeks, Armenians, Poles, Czechs, Germans, Spaniards and even some Americans ...
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Texas Gulag: The Chain Gang Years 1875-1925
Gary Brown
Republic of Texas, 2002
Makes "Cool Hand Luke" look like Summer Camp!
A gripping and incredible glimpse into a very brutal period in Texas history! I'd feel strange saying that anyone will "enjoy" reading this book because the subject matter is so intense. It is definitely not for everyone, but it is captivating. (No pun intended.) Much of this is owing to the fact ...
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Enemies of the State: Personal Stories from the Gulag
Donald T. Critchlow
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2003
FABULOUS BUT PAINFUL HISTORY
+ The Collection of Personal Tales
"Enemies of the State" provides a riveting look into the slave-labor prisons of the Communist world during several decades of the 20th century. It brings history alive to a whole new generation of Americans who may be only vaguely aware of the oppression, torture and viciousness imposed on their ...
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American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons
Mark Dow
University of California Press, 2004
Systemic Abuse
+ learn the way it really is
Given the current focus on the mistreatment and torture of detainees in Iraq, Guantanamo and elsewhere and the debate over the origins of this abhorrent behavior, this is a very timely book. As well as describing the Kafkaesque intricacies of recent Immigration law, Dow documents the mistreatment ...
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An American GULAG : Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens
Alexia Parks
Education Exchange, 2000
The silence must end
+ Parents who can't be called parents
+ Well rounded, informative, and entertaining all at the same
+ Emotional, educational and deathly important
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Gulag: A History
Anne Applebaum
Anchor, 2004
The more I know about Russia, the happier I am to be American (if only by heart)
+ Excellent account of the vast slave labour system in the Soviet Union
+ Encyclopedic in Scope; Doesn't Advocate Nazis=Communists; Needs Corrections
+ An Unparalleled Look at Life and Death in Stalin's Death Camps!
+ The big and the small prison zone
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Man Is Wolf to Man
Janusz Bardach
Scribner, 1999
'An exceptionally moving, inspiring and terrifying testament' Martin Amis: An inspiring, heroic account of one man's struggle to survive the brutalities of the Russian gulag; When Janusz Bardach, a young Polish Jew, fled the Nazis to join the Red Army, he found himself enmeshed instead in the dangerous, paranoid world of Stalinist Russia. Falling foul of the regime, he was sent to Kolyma, the ...
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Man Is Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag
Janusz Bardach, Kathleen Gleeson
University of California Press, 1999
An unbelievably bleak tale of survival in the Gulag
+ You Can Survive Anything if You Keep Believing You Will
+ Gripping
+ Stunning
+ Surviving against all odds
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Eighteen Layers of Hell: Stories from the Chinese Gulag (Global Issues)
Kate Saunders
Cassell, 1996
fab-u-lous
+ Excellent Book
I have to say that this is a truly fantastic book! When I first bought it I have to admit I thought It was by the `other' Kate Saunders (the not quite so famous romantic author)-I have to admit I thought it was a funny title for a romance!!- but despite my usual preference for the softer side of ...
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Surviving Indonesia's Gulag: A Western Woman Tells Her Story (Global Issues)
Carmel Budiardjo
Cassell, 1996
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The Gulag Arizona
J. Hada, David White
Pentland Press (NC), 2000
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The Bamboo Gulag: Political Imprisonment in Communist Vietnam
Nghia M. Vo
McFarland & Company, 2004
This comprehensive review of the gulag system instituted in communist Vietnam explores the three-pronged approach that was used to convert the rebellious South into a full-fledged communist country after 1975. This book attempts to retrace the path of these imprisoned people from the last months of the war to their escape from Vietnam and explores the emotions that gripped them throughout ...
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The Economics of Forced Labor: The Soviet Gulag
Hoover Institution Press, 2003
Until now, there has been little scholarly analysis of the Soviet Gulag as an economic, social, and political institution, primarily owing to a lack of data. This collection presents the results of years of research by Western and Russian scholars. The authors provide both broad overviews and specific case studies as they examine The various forms of coercion and the channels through which ...
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Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag
Harry Wu, Carolyn Wakeman
Wiley, 1995
Perhaps the most engrossing book I've ever read.
+ Gotta love Communism! NOT!
+ Shocking expose of China's hideous gulags that still exist today
+ One Man¡¯s Response to the Problem if Injustice.
+ A Glimpse into Hell
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Gulag
Sean Flannery
Jove Books, 1987
Expectation
Definetly a lot of suspense. Keeps the reader focused throgh out the reading. Worth to stay a saturday night reading it.Not exactly the kind of fiction you would read before sleep. Pure intrigue with some feelings involved in the most subtle way. The details given filled my imagination to make it ...
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