Although some twenty million people died during Stalin’s reign of terror; only with the advent of glasnost did Russians begin to confront their memories of that time. In 1991; Adam Hochschild spent nearly six months in Russia talking to gulag survivors; retired concentration camp guards; and countless others. The result is a riveting evocation of a country still haunted by the ghost of Stalin.
#5339974 in Books 2011-05-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .88 x 5.98l; 1.28 #File Name: 0615403956396 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. lots of wandering; bits of history and some truck driving.By jake winnhalf of this book is of his time in japan before the war and much of that tends to go wildly off topic needless to say i skipped through a lot of this in which he remembers life before the army in PA. i was very disappointed to find out once finally getting to korea he was driving a truck around deliver supplies. i skimmed through more of this until i couldnt take anymore... If you are looking for a great account of how horrible of a personal experience war can be in korea ive read Valleys of Death by William Richardson who survives the onslaught of chinese and and POW camps; resisting brainwashing by communist re-educators1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. My grandfather loved it!By Sarah R. WilkinsonI ordered this book for my grandfather. He finished it within days and even wrote to the author! A definite hit!
