New Releases by Anne Applebaum

« Si Trump parvient à utiliser les cours fédérales et les forces de l’ordre contre ses ennemis, de pair avec une campagne massive de trolling, le mélange des mondes autocratique et démocratique sera complet. » A.A. Les autocraties travaillent désormais ensemble pour assurer surveillance et désinformation afin de détruire la démocratie. Les dirigeants russe, chinois, iranien, vénézuélien, ou nord-coréen savent que le langage de la transparence, de la responsabilité, de la justice et de la liberté séduira toujours une partie de leurs citoyens, et que pour rester au pouvoir, ils doivent saper ces idées. Autocrati(e)s décrit ce nouveau monde kleptocrate et autoritaire – d’où il vient, pourquoi il dure, comment il fonctionne, de quelle façon l’Occident a involontairement contribué à le consolider –, et la manière dont nous devrions nous organiser pour lui faire face. « Courageux et clairvoyant. » The Guardian Traduit de l’anglais (Etats-Unis) par Aude de Saint Loup et Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat

Enligt 2024 års demokratirapport från Göteborgs Universitet lever 71% av jordens befolkning i icke-demokratier. För tio år sedan var den siffran 48%. Den historiska bilden av en autokrati stämmer dåligt överens med vår tid. Numera styrs autokratier av professionella propagandister och sofistikerade, globala nätverk. Till skillnad från militära och politiska allianser kan de här nätverken snabbt anpassa sina relationer så att de obehindrat kan röra sig över ideologiska, geografiska och kulturella gränser. De har alla ett övergripande mål; att göra motstånd mot det demokratiska systemet och på det sättet underminera våra demokratiska värderingar. Kampen mot denna samhällssyn - som den demokratiska världen oavsiktligt bidragit till att befästa - är ämnet för denna bok.

Een kraakheldere wake-upcall: we moeten nu weerstand bieden aan wereldwijd samenwerkende autocratieën. Wie denkt dat dictators alleen op hun eigen land gericht zijn, heeft het mis. Autocratieën als Rusland en China wisselen onderling kennis en middelen uit. Corrupte bedrijven in het ene land doen zaken met corrupte bedrijven in het andere land en het ene nationale politiekorps traint en bewapent het andere. Bovendien verkondigen de autocratische regimes dezelfde boodschap over de gevaren van de westerse democratie. Deze groep landen functioneert als een concern van verschillende bedrijven: Autocratie bv. De autocratieën hangen verschillende ideologieën aan maar de leiders delen een onstilbare honger naar macht en welvaart die in veel gevallen voor het welzijn van de eigen bevolking gaat. Applebaum werpt licht op de prangendste geopolitieke kwestie van deze tijd en wijst ons op wat democratische landen te doen staat om dit wereldwijde netwerk van dictators een halt toe te roepen. 'Dictators aller landen zijn verenigd in hun nietsontziende streven naar rijkdom, laat Anne Applebaum zien in Autocratie bv.' , 'Applebaum laat je dergelijke nieuwsberichten zien als deel van een groter verhaal.' - Trouw 'De kracht van haar betoog, want dat is het, zit vooral in de vele voorbeelden waarmee ze laat zien hoe verregaand de samenwerking is tussen autocratische regimes.' - NRC

From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents. But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America. International condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don't stand a chance. The members of Autocracy, Inc, aren't linked by a unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and impunity. In this urgent treatise, which evokes George Kennan's essay calling for "containment" of the Soviet Union, Anne Applebaum calls for the democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat.

Ein brutales Vermächtnis der Sowjetunion: Die erschütternde Geschichte eines Menschheitsverbrechens, ausgezeichnet mit dem Pulitzer Preis Er zählt zu den dunkelsten Kapiteln der Geschichte der Sowjetunion: Der Gulag, jenes weit verzweigte, zentral gesteuerte und in seinem Umfang bis dahin beispiellose System zur Ausbeutung von Zwangsarbeit. Wie entwickelte er sich aus dem Chaos der Revolutionszeit? Welche Bedeutung hatten Zwangsarbeit und Gulag für das sowjetische System? Wie gestaltete sich das Leben in den Lagern? Diesen Fragen geht die renommierte amerikanische Journalistin Anne Applebaum in ihrem Buch nach. Gestützt auf umfangreiches Quellenmaterial aus sowjetischen Archiven, das erst in jüngster Zeit der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht wurde, und auf zahllose Häftlingserinnerungen und Gespräche mit Überlebenden zeichnet die Autorin das Gulagsystem von seinen Ursprüngen bis zu seiner Auflösung in den achtziger Jahren nach - und verleiht den Opfern eine Stimme.

Hannah Arendt’s definitive work on totalitarianism—an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history—now with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum. In recent years, The Origins of Totalitarianism has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe. The book begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. Hannah Arendt then explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time, Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which she adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination. This edition includes an introduction by Anne Applebaum—a leading voice on authoritarianism and Russian history—who fears that “once again, we are living in a world that Arendt would recognize.”

Una lectura imprescindible para descifrar los orígenes de la guerra en Ucrania y la frágil situación de Europa del Este. En el otoño de 1991, en plena desintegración del imperio soviético, Anne Applebaum -ganadora del Premio Pulitzer por Gulag. Historia de los campos de concentración soviéticos- emprendió un viaje desde el Báltico hasta el mar Negro, pasando por Lituania, Bielorrusia, Los Cárpatos y Ucrania, con la intención de comprender la nueva configuración de unos territorios en constante conflicto. Por el camino descubrió un amplio abanico de culturas identitarias, religiones y aspiraciones nacionalistas que competían entre sí. Si bien han transcurrido más de treinta años, las vidas aquí narradas se leen hoy como un registro documental de un mundo que ya no existe. Applebaum, una excelente observadora, teje con gran habilidad la desgarradora historia de una región incomprendida a través de los relatos de personas corrientes, que describen el modo en que los acontecimientos históricos influyen y marcan la vida de la gente. Ubicado entre la crónica periodística, la literatura de viajes y el ensayo histórico, Entre Este y Oeste ilumina con brillantez los orígenes de la crisis geopolítica entre Rusia y Europa y nos ofrece algunas claves para entender el alma de estas tierras fronterizas. La crítica ha dicho: «En su implacable búsqueda de la comprensión, Anne Applebaum ilumina mundos relegados al olvido de esperanza, sufrimiento y dignidad humana». The Washington Post «Sus investigaciones la han llevado a revalorizar de manera radical algunos de los supuestos históricos más básicos de Occidente». The Evening Standard «El carácter receptivo de Applebaum anima a los fronterizos a contarle la infinidad de formas en que la división política ha subyugado sus vidas personales, sus tradiciones culturales y sus lenguas». Publishers Weekly

Un istoric câștigător al Premiului Pulitzer explică, într-un limbaj clar, de ce elitele din democrațiile mondiale sunt atrase de naționalism și de autoritarism. Din Statele Unite și Marea Britanie până în Europa continentală și dincolo de ea, democrația liberală este atacată, iar autoritarismul e în ascensiune. În Amurgul democrației, Anne Applebaum, istoric al atrocităților regimului sovietic și printre primii jurnaliști americani care au avertizat în privința tendințelor antidemocrate din Occident, explică ispita naționalismului și a autocrației. În aceste eseuri captivante, autoarea afirmă că sistemele politice cu opinii radicale sunt atrăgătoare, în special când sunt în beneficiul celor loiali și îi exclud pe toți ceilalți. Liderii despotici nu conduc singuri; se bazează pe aliați politici, birocrați și figuri publice pentru a le pava drumul și a-i sprijini. Partidele autoritare și naționaliste apărute în democrațiile moderne oferă noi surse de avere sau de putere partizanilor. Applebaum descrie mulți dintre noii contestatari ai liberalismului din toată lumea, dovedind că folosesc teorii ale conspirației, polarizări politice, rețele sociale și chiar nostalgia pentru a schimba societăți. Elegant scrisă și cu argumente pertinente, Amurgul democrației este o analiză sclipitoare a schimbărilor actuale și o imagine încurajatoare a drumului către revenirea la valori democrate. „O relatare revelatoare și, uneori, șocantă, dar niciodată disperată a ascensiunii autoritarismului în Occident.“ Los Angeles Review of Books „O lectură esențială pentru atacul său viguros asupra noii drepte din rândurile conservatorilor și pentru avertismentul documentat pe care îl transmite. Opiniile lui Applebaum sunt oportune în special fiindcă este un gânditor atent și un observator perspicace... O abordare educată, rațională și sinceră a realităților întunecate pe care le trăim.“ Kirkus Reviews „Anne Applebaum este un istoric important al comunismului și un cercetător iscusit al politicilor contemporane. În această carte, Applebaum se concentrează asupra unei mari întrebări, care a preocupat-o profund atât în Europa, cât și în America: unde a greșit democrația? Această documentare scrisă cu inteligență și înțelegere este răspunsul ei.“ Timothy Snyder, autor On Tyranny „Experiența de istoric a lui Applebaum și cunoștințele despre Europa și SUA contemporane scot la iveală elementele eterne, dar și distinctive definitorii pentru pericolele politice care ne amenință astăzi... Amurgul democrației ne oferă lecții despre îndelungata luptă dintre democrație și dictatură. Însă, poate cel mai important, despre cât de fragilă este de fapt democrația: supraviețuirea ei depinde de alegerile zilnice ale elitei și ale omului de rând.“ Sheri Berman, The Washington Post „Cartea pe care trebuie să o citești pentru a înțelege ce înseamnă ascensiunea și conducerea lui Donald Trump pentru democrația de azi, nu numai în SUA, ci global.“ Ron Elving, NPR

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer." —Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism. From the United States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege, while authoritarianism is on the rise. In Twilight of Democracy, Anne Applebaum, an award-winning historian of Soviet atrocities who was one of the first American journalists to raise an alarm about antidemocratic trends in the West, explains the lure of nationalism and autocracy. In this captivating essay, she contends that political systems with radically simple beliefs are inherently appealing, especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else. Elegantly written and urgently argued, Twilight of Democracy is a brilliant dissection of a world-shaking shift and a stirring glimpse of the road back to democratic values.

Gułag - nieludzki system represji, który stał się piekłem przeciwników, ofiar czystek i ludzi niewygodnych oraz zbędnych dla komunistycznej władzy. Jego przejmujący obraz stworzyli wielcy pisarze, m.in. Aleksander Sołżenicyn, Wiktor Szałamow, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński. W literaturze faktu opisała go Anne Applebaum w tej książce."Gułag" to znacznie więcej niż historia sowieckiego systemu obozów pracy, które powstały tuż po zwycięstwie rewolucji i rozrastały się gwałtownie wraz z dojściem Stalina do władzy (w tym czasie do obozów trafiło 18 milionów ludzi, 4,5 miliona nigdy z nich nie wróciło). To również opowieść o państwie w państwie, które rządziło się według własnych reguł i praw, które miało własny język, literaturę, orkiestry, teatry i własną niemoralną moralność. Anne Applebaum otwiera przed czytelnikami wszystkie, najbardziej nawet ukryte obszary funkcjonowania Gułagu i życia jego katów i ofiar. Opowiada zarówno o brawurowych ucieczkach i buntach, jak i o niewyobrażalnych karach, jakie spotkały ich uczestników. Oprowadza po świecie, który nigdy nie powinien istnieć, a przecież stał się nieludzkim domem dla niemal 30 milionów ludzi. CYKL "ANNE APPLEBAUM" OBEJMUJE NASTĘPUJĄCE TYTUŁY:- "Gułag" - Nagroda Pulitzera 2004- "Za żelazną kurtyną"- "Czerwony głód"

År 1929 lanserade Stalin kollektiviseringen av lantbruket, något som kan beskrivas som den andra ryska revolutionen. Den tvingade miljoner bönder att lämna sina gårdar och inordna sig i kollektiv. Resultatet blev en katastrofal hungersnöd, den dödligaste i europeisk historia. Svälten slog till ögonblickligen och människor började äta allt de kom över: gräs, bark, hundar eller lik. "Röd hungersnöd" är ett skakande och vederhäftigt vittnesbörd om de människor som dukade under och om de som kämpade för att överleva denna ohyggliga ondska. Applebaums laddade språk och starka beskrivningar framkallar minnet av ett av de värsta brotten mot mänskligheten under tjugonde århundradet och visar hur det kan skapa ett nytt hot mot den framtida politiska ordningen.

O horror de um período em que homens e mulheres se animalizaram para sobreviver a um mal sem precedentes. Em 1929, Stalin lançou uma política de coletivização da agricultura que expulsou milhões de camponeses de suas terras e os levou a fazendas coletivas. O resultado foi a mais letal fome na história da Europa, conhecida como Holodomor. Pelo menos 5 milhões de pessoas morreram entre 1931 e 1933 na União Soviética. A região da Ucrânia foi a mais afetada, com mais de 3 milhões de mortos, mas não em decorrência de condições climáticas adversas ou como resultado acidental de uma política catastrófica: o Estado soviético fez uso daquela barbárie para se livrar de um problema político e, em vez de enviar auxílio, trabalhou deliberadamente para exterminar a população Ucraniana, fechando as fronteiras da República e confiscando toda a comida disponível.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes, the consequences of which still resonate today, as Russia has placed Ukrainian independence in its sights once more—from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain. "With searing clarity, Red Famine demonstrates the horrific consequences of a campaign to eradicate 'backwardness' when undertaken by a regime in a state of war with its own people." —The Economist 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. Devastating and definitive, Red Famine captures the horror of ordinary people struggling to survive extraordinary evil. 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.

In the summer and fall of 1991, Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain, took a three month road trip through the freshly independent borderlands of Eastern Europe. She deftly weaves the harrowing history of the region and captures the effects of political upheaval on a personal level. An extraordinary journey into the past and present of the lands east of Poland and west of Russia—an area defined throughout its history by colliding empires. Traveling from the former Soviet naval center of Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Black Sea port of Odessa, Anne Applebaum encounters a rich range of competing cultures, religions, and national aspirations. In reasserting their heritage, the inhabitants of the borderlands attempt to build a future grounded in their fractured ancestral legacies. In the process, neighbors unearth old conflicts, devote themselves to recovering lost culture, and piece together competing legends to create a new tradition. Rich in surprising encounters and vivid characters, Between East and West brilliantly illuminates the soul of the borderlands and the shaping power of the past.

How should the West deal with Putin’s Russia? For the U.S. and some European powers the answer is obvious: isolate Russia with punishing economic sanctions, remove it from global institutions such as the G8, and arm the nations directly threatened by Putin. In short, return to the Cold War doctrine that froze Soviet aggression in Europe and helped bring about the collapse of communist Russia. Others argue that such a policy is a dead end. Putin’s Russia has legitimate grievances against Western and NATO powers meddling in its sphere of influence. Instead of further antagonizing Putin and risking a dangerous escalation of the current conflict, the U.S. and Europe should seek common cause with Russia to address shared threats, from the Middle East to Asia to combatting terrorism. In the fifteenth semi-annual Munk Debate, acclaimed academic Stephen F. Cohen and veteran journalist and bestselling author Vladimir Poznar square off against internationally renowned expert on Russian history Anne Applebaum and Russian-born political dissident Garry Kasparov to debate the future of the West’s relationship with Russia.

Il y a deux manières de renouveler l'Histoire : poser de nouvelles questions sur des sujets apparemment rebattus et trouver de nouveaux documents ou de nouveaux témoins. Dans ce livre magistral, Anne Applebaum accomplit les deux. S'interrogeant sur le «Haut Stalinisme» (1944-1956), soit les douze années de soviétisation de l'ancien Lebensraum nazi (en se concentrant essentiellement sur trois pays emblématiques : Allemagne, Hongrie et Pologne), elle renverse complètement le point de vue : non plus l'Est vu par l'Ouest mais l'Est vu par l'Est. Les sources écrites et orales inédites - archives, entretiens, voyages, témoignages personnels - enrichissent considérablement les réponses aux questions que l'observateur contemporain de l'Europe de l'Est se pose face aux échecs ou aux revers de la démocratisation des nouvelles nations émancipées du joug soviétique depuis 1989. Rideau de fer prend exactement la suite chronologique de l'ouvrage de Timothy Snyder, Terres de sang, consacré au nazisme et au stalinisme de 1933 à 1945 : il raconte, comme cela n'avait jamais été fait, la manière dont ces «terres de sang» ont été soviétisées (réparations économiques, nettoyages ethniques systématiques que l'on associe rarement à cette période de l'Histoire, récupération partielle de l'appareil policier hérité du nazisme, etc.). Ce grand livre a été unanimement salué comme un des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Histoire récente.

本书作者第一次对古拉格----一个大批关押了成百上千政治犯和刑事犯的集中营----进行了完全纪实性的描述,再现了劳改营生活的本质.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist explores Poland's vibrant and modern culinary life in this beautifully photographed cookbook with 90+ recipes. For too many people, the term "Polish cooking" conjures to mind heavy, greasy, flavorless food. But historian and journalist Anne Applebaum, who has lived in the country since before the fall of Communism, knows better. With recipes inspired by her home in the Polish countryside, Anne sets the record straight about this fresh and delightful cuisine. From a Polish Country House Kitchen offers a tantalizing look at Poland's cultural heritage, turbulent history, and culinary rejuvenation. With recipes including Caviar and Blini, Steak Tartare, Zupa Gryzbowa, Trout with Lemon Cream Sauce, as well as pierogis, pancakes, latkes, and desserts, Anne shares the sustaining foods of her Polish country home with home cooks the world over.

In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag, acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union to its surprise and delight found itself in control of a huge swath of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. In Iron Curtain, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like once they were complete. She draws on newly opened East European archives, interviews, and personal accounts translated for the first time to portray in devastating detail the dilemmas faced by millions of individuals trying to adjust to a way of life that challenged their every belief and took away everything they had accumulated. Today the Soviet Bloc is a lost civilization, one whose cruelty, paranoia, bizarre morality, and strange aesthetics Applebaum captures in the electrifying pages of Iron Curtain.

Brutal and startling account of the nature of the Soviet system, describing the author's imprisonment in a Russian labour camp.

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • This magisterial and acclaimed history offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. “A tragic testimony to how evil ideologically inspired dictatorships can be.” –The New York Times The Gulag—a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners—was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.

Gulagurile. Procesele înscenate. Cizma care calcă orice în drumul ei. Aceste imagini ale totalitarismului postbelic au rămas în memoria noastră colectivă – brutale și terifiante, dar, după mai mult de 50 de ani, rupte de context, devenind mai mult un soi de sperietori ale trecutului. Cortina de Fier, de Anne Applebaum, este o încercare plină de forță de a demonstra că totalitarismul a însemnat mai mult decât excesele sale manifestate public. Cartea de față analizează detaliile conducerii totalitare: diaspora de partid, din URSS până în restul Blocului Sovietic, preluarea posturilor de radio, a universităților și a grupurilor de tineri de către partizani, răspunsul contradictoriu al conducătorilor Bisericii Catolice față de metodele lui Stalin. Grație interviurilor realizate de Applebaum și cercetărilor amănunțite în diversele arhive ale timpului, Cortina de Fier ne asigură că experiențele zilnice ale celor care au trăit în Blocul Sovietic vor rămâne vii în paginile de istorie, chiar dacă aceștia vor părăsi, în curând, istoria trăită. Excelenta carte a lui Applebaum relatează cu simpatie și sensibilitate soarta lipsită de noroc a Europei de Est: să fie eliberată de sub stăpânirea nazistă de singurul regim la fel de inuman ca aceasta. The Independent Cortina de Fier este o carte de o importanță excepțională, care abordează frontal multe dintre miturile referitoare la originile Războiului Rece. Este inteligentă, plină de informații, remarcabil de obiectivă și excepțional de bine documentată. Antony Beevor