Norman Stone

Blackmail, bribery and bullying

The postwar Communist takeover of Eastern Europe might have been resisted, argues <em>Norman Stone</em>, if the various opposition parties had stood firmer

issue 06 October 2012

  • Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-56

    Anne Applebaum

    Allen Lane, pp. 614

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