Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe

by Anne Applebaum

Book Overview

In 1991, Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag, Iron Curtain and Red Famine, took a three-month road trip through the borderlands between the fallen Soviet Union and Europe--lands that became Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Moldova. In her iconic reportage, which has become indispensable history, she captures the harrowing story of a region that is once again threatened by Russia.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052543318X
• ISBN13: 9780525433187
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

APPLEBAUM TAKES YOU AWAY TO ADVENTURE TO NEW PLACES; ACADEMIC BUT NOT DRY; QUICK FASCINATING READ!!!

Anne Applebaum, who also wrote Gulag: A History, writes another great work. This one, we agreewas hard to put down. Bookclubs out there... get this book! Other books on this topic and graet! are:Between Nazis and Soviets: Occupation Politics in Poland, 1939-1947, pricy, but worth it. Also, The Polish Way: A Thousand-Year History of the Poles and Their Culture + Katyn: Stalin's Massacre and the Triumph of Truth + World War II: Behind Closed Doors, works on American systems too. Vi ses

Must read about little known countries

My daughter raved about Applebaum's Gulag so in preparation for an upcoming trip to the Baltics I checked this book out of the library. I can't believe there are only 2 reviews of this book - I could not put it down. Every detail was so intriguing that I am going to track down the other books listed in her "note about sources" to learn more about the fascinating countries she wrote about.

Excellent travelogue/history of a little-known area

If you have Eastern European roots, this is a fascinating book. Ms. Applebaum has done a brilliant job of describing life in a region where half a dozen cultures have lived side by side