{"title":"Stéphane Courtois","description":"\u003cp\u003eStéphane Courtois is a renowned French historian and academic celebrated for his insightful works on the history of communism. His thorough research and analysis have significantly contributed to the understanding of 20th-century political history. As the editor of the profound work \u003cem\u003eThe Black Book of Communism\u003c\/em\u003e, Courtois presents a riveting and comprehensive examination of the crimes perpetrated by communist regimes worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCourtois's works are indispensable for anyone interested in exploring the impact of communist ideologies and governance on global history. His detailed accounts, backed by extensive research, offer readers an opportunity to delve into the intricate narratives of power, ideology, and their ramifications on civil societies. If you're passionate about history and the military aspects of political ideologies, Stéphane Courtois's collection provides a critical, eye-opening perspective that is both educational and engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the depth and influence of his writing and gain a deeper understanding of significant historical events that have shaped our modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-black-book-of-communism-by-stephane-courtois-9780674076082","title":"The Black Book of Communism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlready 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: terror, torture, famine, mass deportations, and massacres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAstonishing in the sheer detail it amasses, the book is the first comprehensive attempt to catalogue and analyse the crimes of Communism over seventy years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"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 Sung's Korea, Vietnam under \"Uncle Ho\" and Cuba under Castro, Ethiopia under Mengistu, Angola under Neto, and Afghanistan under Najibullah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors, all distinguished scholars based in Europe, document Communist crimes against humanity, but also crimes against national and universal culture, from Stalin's destruction of hundreds of churches in Moscow to Ceausescu's levelling of the historic heart of Bucharest to the widescale devastation visited on Chinese culture by Mao's Red Guards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the death toll mounts—as many as 25 million in the former Soviet Union, 65 million in China, 1.7 million in Cambodia, and on and on—the authors systematically show how and why, wherever the millenarian ideology of Communism was established, it quickly led to crime, terror, and repression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary accounting, \u003cem\u003eThe Black Book of Communism\u003c\/em\u003e amply documents the unparalleled position and significance of Communism in the hierarchy of violence that is the history of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000768676076,"sku":"9780674076082","price":142.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27348493482427.jpg?v=1763303161"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/stephane-courtois.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}