Opis: Forsaken - Tim Tzouliadis, T. Tzouliadis

Of all the great movements of population to and from the United States, the least heralded is the migration, in the depths of the Depression of the nineteen-thirties, of thousands of men, women and children to Stalin's Russia. Where capitalism had failed them, Communism promised dignity for the working man, racial equality, and honest labour. What in fact awaited them, however, was the most monstrous betrayal. In a remarkable piece of historical investigation that spans seven decades of political change, Tim Tzouliadis follows these thousands from Pittsburgh and Detroit and Los Angeles, as their numbers dwindle on their epic and terrible journey. Through official records, memoirs, newspaper reports and interviews he searches the most closely guarded archive in modern history to reconstruct their story - one of honesty, vitality and idealism brought up against the brutal machinery of repression. His account exposes the self-serving American diplomats who refused their countrymen sanctuary, it analyses international relations and economic causes but also finds space to retrieve individual acts of kindness and self-sacrifice. ** 'In this spellbinding book, Tim Tzouliadis brings to life an aspect of Stalin's Terror that had been almost completely forgotten Roger Cox, THE SCOTSMAN ** 'In THE FORSAKEN, Tim Tzouliadi s' clear, strong narrative discloses the terrible fates which awaited those who wandered into the Soviet sphere John Lloyd, FINANCIAL TIMES ** 'This is an extremely impressive book. [Tzouliadis] has done phenomenal research...the writing is crisp and fluent, and the ordinary lives of these Americans come vividly to life; but at the same time the larger political framework is always present, lucidly outlined Noel Malcolm, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ** 'A fine narrative, full of ironic, sometimes black humour; it is thoroughly researched, sympathetic to the victims and merciless to the perpetrators, and sketches in the now only too familiar background of lies and terror with deadly precision. LITERARY REVIEW

Szczegóły: Forsaken - Tim Tzouliadis, T. Tzouliadis

Tytuł: Forsaken
Autor: Tim Tzouliadis, T. Tzouliadis
Producent: Abacus
ISBN: 9780349117539
Rok produkcji: 2009
Ilość stron: 480
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.4 kg

Recenzje: Forsaken - Tim Tzouliadis, T. Tzouliadis