See No Evil: Literary Cover-Ups and Discoveries of the Soviet Camp Experience

by Dariusz Tolczyk

Book Overview

Believing that human actions could be controlled by a totalitarian government, Stalin and his followers subjected millions of Soviet citizens to acts of state terrorism and imprisonment in labor camps. But this was not enough. Seeking to control human thought as well, Soviet authorities provided official words and images to legitimize the gulag, distort its moral nature, and even glorify its "necessary" violence. This fascinating book is the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300066082
• ISBN13: 9780300066081
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"