Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine

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Book Synopsis: AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes—the consequences of which still resonate today

In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization—in effect a second Russian revolution—which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. At least five million people died between 1931 and 1933 in the USSR. But instead of sending relief the Soviet state made use of the catastrophe to rid itself of a political problem. In Red Famine, Anne Applebaum argues that more than three million of those dead were Ukrainians who perished not because they were accidental victims of a bad policy but because the state deliberately set out to kill them.

Applebaum proves what has long been suspected: after a series of rebellions unsettled the province, Stalin set out to destroy the Ukrainian peasantry. The state sealed the republic’s borders and seized all available food. Starvation set in rapidly, and people ate anything: grass, tree bark, dogs, corpses. In some cases, they killed one another for food. Devastating and definitive, Red Famine captures the horror of ordinary people struggling to survive extraordinary evil.

Today, Russia, the successor to the Soviet Union, has placed Ukrainian independence in its sights once more. Applebaum’s compulsively readable narrative recalls one of the worst crimes of the twentieth century, and shows how it may foreshadow a new threat to the political order in the twenty-first.

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Discover the dark and haunting history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes with Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, this revelatory history exposes the catastrophic consequences of Stalin's policy of agricultural collectivization. Unleashing a famine that claimed the lives of at least five million people between 1931 and 1933, this European tragedy still resonates today.

Prepare to delve into a narrative that will shock and captivate you. Anne Applebaum's Red Famine provides an unflinching account of how Stalin deliberately set out to destroy the Ukrainian peasantry, sealing borders and seizing food supplies, leaving millions to starve. Through meticulous research and harrowing testimonials, Applebaum proves that these deaths were not accidental, but a deliberate act of genocide.

The horror experienced by the Ukrainian people during this time is beyond comprehension. Forced to eat anything they could find, from grass to tree bark, and even resorting to cannibalism, their lives were reduced to mere survival against the backdrop of extraordinary evil. Red Famine captures their heart-wrenching struggle and ensures their stories are heard.

But the impact of Red Famine doesn't end with history. Today, as Russia sets its sights on Ukrainian independence once more, this graphic narrative serves as a chilling reminder of the consequences of political aggression. Applebaum's compelling storytelling, coupled with her comprehensive analysis, sheds light on how the crimes of the past may foreshadow a new threat to the political order in the twenty-first century.

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