Get citation step 4 of 4 bibliography could not be created. Buy the black book of communism by stephane courtois, nicolas. Popular communism books meet your next favorite book. 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. Stalin, mao zedong, kim ii sung, pol pot, and dozens of imitators who were.
Revolutions, like trees, must be judged by their fruit, ignazio silone wrote, and this is the standard the authors apply to the communist experiencein the china of the great helmsman. One of his citations is carl bernsteins book about hillary, a woman in charge. Rather, the body of the book is composed of a series of independent works from. Scrupulously documented and soberly written by several historians, it is a masterful work. Be the first to ask a question about the black book of communism. Crimes, terror, repression by stephane courtois and five other writers, translated from the french 1999, 850 pages. There was a clear line of inheritance from regime to regime. Stephane courtois, et al, the black book of communism, crimes, terror, repression. The black book of communism, the seminal harvard university press work, which specialized in trying to get accurate data on the enormous volume of deaths produced by communist. The book not only bashes socialism and makes it out to be worse than fascism, it outright tries to portray fascism as a good thing.
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. Each received material aid and ideological inspiration from its predecessor. Why doesnt the black book of communism include the almost. This is an assembly of extensive articles published in france two years ago and now.
An extraordinary accounting, this book amply documents the unparalleled position and significance of communism in the hierarchy of violence that is the history of the twentieth century. Some critics have objected to the books 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. What are the best books on communism and capitalism. The contributors to the book include some of the finest scholars from both east and west, who have drawn extensively on new archival findings. Pastor steve waldron, new life of albany albany, ga. Communism has caused more human suffering than any other ideology in our history and the scale of that suffering bogles the mind. Black book underscores the enormity of communisms impact. Yet austere though this inventory is, its cumulative impact is overwhelming. The black book of communism gives a balance sheet of our present knowledge of communism s human costs, archivally based where possible, and otherwise drawing on the best secondary works, and with due allowance for the difficulties of quantification. If you need help, click on the citation maker instructions, which are also found at the bottom of every template. It is incredible that most people know so little about it. Anne applebaum, foreword, paul hollander, introduction and editor, from the. This volume merely chronicles and quotes the draconian decrees and secret police. Crimes, terror, repression harvard university press, cambridge 1999, pp.
This international bestseller plumbs archives in the former soviet bloc to reveal the actual, practical accomplishments of communism around. Communism once stood on four continents, ruling onethird of humanity, always poised to expand. 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. By stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski. Unlike the latter work, le livre noir du capitalismes primary goal is not to try to attribute a number of victims to the political system in question. Welcome to citation maker to get started, click on the resource you want to cite from the source type column on the right or from the dropdown menu if using a mobile device. The black book of communism was originally published in france on november 8, 1997, the eightieth anniversary of the russian revolution. When the black book of communism appeared in europe in 1997 detailing communisms crimes, it created a furor. The black book of communism crimes, terror, repression. Quoting survivors, escapees, and what little information had been published in the soviet press, the black book of communism.
The ris file format can be used with endnote, procite, reference manager, and zotero. Stalin, mao zedong, kim ii sung, pol pot, and dozens of imitators who were murderously drunk on their own ideology and power. These are the sources and citations used to research max weber. The black book of communism the barbaric gentleman. Revolutions, like trees, must be judged by their fruit, ignazio silone wrote, and this is the standard the authors apply to the communist experience in the china of the great helmsman, kim il. 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. This book goes into great detail about the crimes against humanity committed by communist governments trying to create utopia. Overall, somehow or another, the black book of communism has managed to raise the debate one notch. Margolin author, mark kramer editor, jonathan murphy translator. In late 1997 a leading french publishing house, robert laffont, published le livre noir du communisme the black book of communism, an 850page book of scholarly essays that collectively provide a history of communism in the 20th century.
Critically compare and contrast fascism and communism history bibliographies in harvard style. The contributors to the book include some of the finest scholars from both east and west, who have drawn extensively on. The fraudulent death tolls contained in the book are the single most quoted anti communist source in the world. The black book of communism, written by stephane courtois has been called into question on multiple different grounds. Cambridge, ma, harvard university press, third printing 2000, french original 1997, pp. Nevetheless, the book, published in paris in 1927, was one of the first to describe the soviet unions earliest political prisons, located on the solovetsky islands in the white sea. The black book of communism 1999 harvard university press cambridge, mass. The black book of communism by stephane courtois, nicolas. Crimes jean louis margolin conclusion select bibliography for asia v. From the start, the black books editor, stephane courtois, intended the book to put the crimes of communism right back into the heart of popular culture.
Full text of the black book of communism internet archive. Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for mla, apa and chicagoturabian citation styles. It certainly contains much truth and many facts that are often not in the college or high school textbooks. The black book of communism alleges that communism killed 94 million people during the 20th century. The black book of communism gives a balance sheet of our present. Political scientist vladimir tismaneanu, whose work focuses on eastern europe, wrote that the black book of communism succeeds in demonstrating is that communism in its leninist version and, one must recognize, this has been the only successful application of the original dogma was from the very outset inimical to the values of individual rights and human freedom. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on monday, november 2, 2015 book. The antispiritual pollution campaign was propelled by conservative factions of the communist party of china, notably deng liqin, in the fall of 1983. Cite your journal article in american psychological association 6th edition format for free. Citation machine helps students and professionals properly credit the information that they use. Crimes, terror, repression is a 1997 book by stephane. Full text of the black book of communism see other formats. The authors are prisoners of history in the sense that a residue of their gullibility remains and distorts the book.
The campaign was part of a backlash against growing intellectual discourse promoting humanism and civil rights and other manifestations of bourgeois liberalism. The black book of communism, an 800page collection of essays about the human toll exacted by communist regimes in the twentieth century, reaches a. The black book of communism, one of the largest most blatant distortions of history. Animal farm by george orwell, the communist manifesto by karl marx, one day in the life of ivan denisovich by aleksandr solzh. The authoritative black book of communism estimates the total at 80 to 100 million dead, greater than that caused by all other twentieth century. Le livre noir du capitalisme the black book of capitalism is a 1998 french book published in reaction to the black book of communism. Astonishing in the sheer detail it amasses, the book is the first comprehensive attempt to catalogue and analyze the crimes of communism over seventy years. It is a measure of the success of the class struggle that the reactionary intelligentsia felt compelled to write an 854 page book touching on the death toll of communism. Why doesnt the black book of communism include the almost 6 million nazis killed by communism. A weak point of the book is that a leftist bias remains. Some of the atrocities of the reds are documented, although there is undue emphasis on communist victims of the relentless communist. Arch getty, for its lack of distinction between famine. Communism dominated the world scene throughout the twentieth century, yet as martin malia in the book s foreword the uses of atrocity notes, the research. Revolutions, like trees, must be judged by their fruit, ignazio silone wrote, and this is the standard the authors apply to the communist experience in the china of the great helmsman, kim il sungs korea, vietnam under uncle ho and cuba under castro, ethiopia under mengistu, angola under neto, and afghanistan under najibullah.