Deze uitgebreide serie duikt in de duistere hoofdstukken van de 20e eeuw en onthult de brute geschiedenis van communistische regimes wereldwijd. Het onderzoekt de slachtoffers, de onderdrukking en de ideologische drijfveren die talloze levens hebben gevormd. Het biedt een huiveringwekkende maar essentiële kijk op politieke experimenten die immens menselijk lijden hebben veroorzaakt. Het is een cruciaal werk voor het begrijpen van de moderne geschiedenis en de gevolgen van totalitaire ideologieën.
Aus dem Franz. von Irmela Arnsperger ... Sonderausgabe 1999 987, [32] S. : Ill. ; 23 cm gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover, Lesebändchen, ohne OSU Buch sehr gut u. sauber, themenbezogener Zeitungsartikel beiliegend
Nowe wydanie bestsellerowego dzieła opracowanego przez wybitnych autor�w pod redakcją St�phana Courtois. Wśr�d nich m.in. Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Pann�, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartosek, Jean-Louis Margolin i inni. Książka przedstawia bilans ofiar krwawych represji i prześladowań w krajach rządzonych przez komunist�w - od rewolucji bolszewickiej 1917 r. po lata osiemdziesiąte XX wieku.
When first published in France in 1997, this work ignited significant controversy that persists today. Some contributors distanced themselves from chief editor Stéphane Courtois's assertion that Communism, in all its forms, is morally equivalent to Nazism. Courtois argued that both totalitarian systems excelled at killing rather than governing. The book documents the extensive death toll attributed to Communism: 25 million in Russia during the Bolshevik and Stalinist periods, around 65 million in China under Mao Zedong, 2 million in Cambodia, and millions more across Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America—an astonishingly high number of victims. Courtois contends that this inclination toward violence is not accidental but a fundamental aspect of a philosophy aimed at eliminating class distinctions by erasing the classes themselves and the individuals within them. The contributors meticulously detail Communism's crimes, moving through various countries and revolutions, presenting figures that may ignite debate among scholars and ideologues alike. Courtois also provocatively suggests that those who view figures like Lenin, Trotsky, and Ho Chi Minh favorably are unwittingly endorsing a deadly ideology that, despite its global decline, still retains followers. This thought-provoking work of history and social criticism deserves widespread readership and discussion.
Das 'Schwarzbuch des Kommunismus' hat den Blick auf das 20. Jahrhundert tiefgreifend verändert. Von den Autoren minutiös recherchiert, zieht es die grausige Bilanz des Kommunismus, der prägenden Idee unserer Zeit. Mehr als 80 Millionen Tote, so rechnen die Autoren vor, hat die Vision der klassenlosen Gesellschaft gekostet – mehr als der Nationalsozialismus zu verantworten hat. Das Buch hat eine beispiellose Kontroverse ausgelöst, denn es beläßt es nicht bei einer Generalinventur des roten Terrors, es benennt auch Mitwisser und intellektuelle Mittäter im Westen: 'Das Schwarzbuch ist auch eine Unglücksgeschichte jener ›willigen Helfer‹ im Westen, die sich 90 Jahre lang blind und taub machten.' Frankfurter Allgemeine
This international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former Soviet bloc to reveal the accomplishments of communism around the world. The book is the first attempt to catalogue and analyse the crimes of communism over 70 years.
When first published in France in 1997, this work ignited significant controversy that persists today. Chief editor Stéphane Courtois's assertion that Communism, in all its forms, is morally equivalent to Nazism drew criticism, even from some contributors. He argued that both totalitarian systems excelled at killing rather than governing, as history has shown. Courtois and his fellow historians detail the staggering death toll attributed to Communism: 25 million in Russia during the Bolshevik and Stalinist periods, approximately 65 million in China under Mao Zedong, 2 million in Cambodia, and millions more across Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. This propensity for violence, they argue, is not coincidental but a fundamental aspect of a philosophy that sought to eliminate class distinctions by erasing the classes themselves. The book meticulously documents the crimes of Communism, moving through various countries and revolutions, presenting figures that are likely to spark debate among historians and ideologues alike. Courtois provocatively suggests that those who admire figures like Lenin, Trotsky, and Ho Chi Minh are unwitting supporters of a violent ideology that, while in decline, still retains followers. This work serves as a thought-provoking exploration of history and social criticism, deserving of wide readership and discussion.