Black book puts to rest the odious fiction that has softened communisms image for so long. Communism dominated the world scene throughout the twentieth century, yet as martin malia in the books foreword the uses of atrocity notes, the research. There is obviously a big gap between the johnnydepptypes perception of communism, and the reality of communism. This is an 800page history of the terror, repression and killings of communism stretching. Crimes, terror, repression jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, jeanlouis margolin, nicolas werth. Reading this book has caused me to expand on some of the ideas in chapter 3 of cofc. The authors systematically show how and why, wherever the millenarian ideology of communism was established, it quickly led to crime, terror, and repression.
Despite its looming effect, the black book is actually a void, a lack. Jan 05, 2020 excerpts from the the black book of communism. Crimes, terror, repression by stephane courtois, mark kramer translator, jonathan murphy translator, karel bartosek, andrzej paczkowski, jeanlouis panne, jeanlouis margolin contributors. If you are going to read only one book this year, make it the black book of communism. When it appeared in france in 1997, this first attempt to spell out the crimes of communism in the. As the death toll mountsas many as 25 million in the former soviet union, 65 million in china, 1. Crimes, terror, repression by jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, jeanlouis margolin, nicolas werth, stephane courtois, mark kramer, mark kramer, jonathan murphy. The black book of communism crimes, terror, repression stephane courtois nicolas werth jeanlouis panne andrzej paczkowski karel bartosek jeanlouis margolin translated by jonathan murphy 2 the iron fist of the. A weak point of the book is that a leftist bias remains. By stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski. This international bestseller plumbs archives in the former soviet bloc to reveal the actual, practical accomplishments of communism around the world. Africanamerican writing and communism between the wars.
Crimes, terror, repression 15 celebrities who have killed. From the limelight to the court room serial killers murderer criminals crimes true evil horror stories true crimes violent crimes taking tori. Quoting survivors, escapees, and what little information had been published in the soviet press, the black book of communism. 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. Crime, terror, repression stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, jeanlouis margolin, harvard university press, cambridge, massachusetts, london, england 1999 many archives and witnesses prove conclusively that. If you are going to ask a question like that, you need to cite. In its many enthroned variations, from lenins 1917 revolution to the recent marxistleninist regimes of africa, communism.
Another recent development related to the issues raised in cofc was the publication of the black book of communism. Misdade, terreur, onderdrukking is n boek deur stephane courtois, nicolas werth, andrzej paczkowski en verskeie ander europese akademici wat in 1997 gepubliseer is. 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. The black book of communism stephane courtois, nicolas. The authors show how and why, wherever the ideology of communism was established, it quickly led to crime, terror, and repression. By stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, and jeanlouis margolin trans. Crimes,terror, repression stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, jeanlouis margolin translated by jonathan murphy and mark kramer cambridge, massachusetts. Crimes, terror, repression hardcover january 1, 1973 4.
This book points out that, when a year old boy in che guevaras army ate some food he was not supposed to, che guevara had him killed. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Dark, disturbing, and frightening, however, it is a book you need to read to fully understand that the greatest negative of communism is the repression and homicide that inevitably attends it. 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. I cant think of any book that would be more important for americans to read. No, i have not read it, actually, i have never heard of it.
This is an 800page history of the terror, repression and killings of communism stretching from the bolshevik revolution to the present. Cambridge, ma, harvard university press, third printing 2000, french original 1997, pp. Some of the atrocities of the reds are documented, although there is undue emphasis on communist victims of the relentless communist purges. 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. Full text of the black book of communism see other formats. 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. The black book offers us the first attempt to determine, overall, the actual magnitude of what occurred, by systematically detailing leninisms crimes, terror, and repression from russia in.
Jun 01, 2001 stephane courtois, et al, the black book of communism, crimes, terror, repression. Crimes, terror, repression free downloads harvard university press august 30, 2012 from the website posted on 08302012 9. Communism is good, communism is good, communism is good, communism is good, until you heard one who was already 20 years in prison under the communists shouting, communism is good, communism is good, communism is good, i give my life for communism. Stephane courtois, et al, the black book of communism, crimes, terror, repression. By stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, and jeanlouis margolin. Communism dominated the world scene throughout the twentieth century, yet as martin malia in the books foreword the uses of atrocity notes, the research of the consequences of the marxistleninist phenomenon has hardly begun. These french scholars some of them former communists have painstakingly documented the repression, terror, venality and murderous tactics that have characterized every communist regime.
The book does have comprehensive coverage of communists in power, but it does not give a history of communism in places where the communists never came to power. Crimes, terror, repression is a 1997 book by stephane courtois, nicolas werth, andrzej paczkowski and several other. This book is one of the first attempts to study communism with a focus on its criminal dimensions, in both the central regions of communist rule and the farthest reaches of the globe. Buy the black book of communism crimes, terror, repression book online at best prices in india on. Buy the black book of communism crimes, terror, repression.
This international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former soviet bloc to reveal the actual, practical accomplishments of communism around the world. 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. 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 authors are prisoners of history in the sense that a residue of their gullibility remains and distorts the book. Crimes, terror, repression by stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, and jeanlouis margolin about richard m. Crimes, terror, repression jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, jeanlouis margolin, nicolas werth, stephane courtois, mark kramer, jonathan murphy, mark kramer on. Communism was the most monstrous blight upon humanity of the 20th century. The great terror by ronald radosh articles first things. By stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek, and. The black book of communism hardcover crimes, terror, repression. The black book of communism, crimes, terror, repression. The latter sections on the developing world are primed in terms of the white mans burden. Already famous throughout europe, this international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former soviet bloc to reveal the actual, practical accomplishments of communism around the world.
Incredibly, the crimes of communism have yet to receive a fair and just assessment from both historical and moral viewpoints. The black book offers us the first attempt to determine, overall, the actual magnitude of what occurred, by systematically detailing leninisms crimes, terror, and repression from russia in 1917 to afghanistan in 1989. Maos great leap forward needed only two years to destroy tens of millions of peasants. By stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel bartosek and jeanlouis margolin. Courtois, stephane, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne, andrzej paczkowski, karel. What this black book seeks to do is give a catalog of the achievements of communism, namely, terror, repression, and in the case of ukraine and cambodia. This is an 800page history of the terror, repression and killings of communism stretching from.
Crimes, terror, repression by courtois, stephane isbn. By stephane courtois, nicolas werth, jeanlouis panne. Peasants often resisted communism more fervently than any group. The black book of communism crimes, terror, repression. Jan 01, 2001 black book puts to rest the odious fiction that has softened communisms image for so long.