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- catalog abstract "The Haunted Land is a look at how four newly democratic eastern European nations are dealing with the memories of forty years of communism. As one official orthodoxy replaces another, the people and governments of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia face ethical dilemmas as complex and wrenching as anything out of Kafka or Orwell. In the greatest moral drama of our time, Communist totalitarianism drew well-intentioned, even idealistic people into horrible crimes. Now, as formerly Communist nations attempt to atone for the past, there is the everpresent temptation to rewrite history to suit the demands of the present. Tina Rosenberg s journalistic triumph is to put a human face on the abstractions of intrigue and betrayal, memory and ideology. The stories in this book take place not just in the highest councils of government and courts of law, but also in smoky pubs and the most private chambers of the soul. The Haunted Land shows how people struggle with their own definitions of guilt as they learn their betrayers were their husbands, fathers, and best friends.".
- catalog contributor b7857462.
- catalog coverage "Europe, Eastern History 1989-".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-426) and index.".
- catalog description "Part titles): Introduction -- pt. 1. Czechoslovakia -- pt. 2. Poland -- pt. 3. Germany -- Haunted lands -- Glossary of names -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "The Haunted Land is a look at how four newly democratic eastern European nations are dealing with the memories of forty years of communism. As one official orthodoxy replaces another, the people and governments of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia face ethical dilemmas as complex and wrenching as anything out of Kafka or Orwell. In the greatest moral drama of our time, Communist totalitarianism drew well-intentioned, even idealistic people into horrible crimes. Now, as formerly Communist nations attempt to atone for the past, there is the everpresent temptation to rewrite history to suit the demands of the present. Tina Rosenberg s journalistic triumph is to put a human face on the abstractions of intrigue and betrayal, memory and ideology. The stories in this book take place not just in the highest councils of government and courts of law, but also in smoky pubs and the most private chambers of the soul. The Haunted Land shows how people struggle with their own definitions of guilt as they learn their betrayers were their husbands, fathers, and best friends.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 437 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Haunted land.".
- catalog identifier "0679422153 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Haunted land.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Haunted land.".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern History 1989-".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern.".
- catalog subject "947 20".
- catalog subject "DJK51 .R67 1995".
- catalog subject "Political persecution Europe, Eastern History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Post-communism Europe, Eastern.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part titles): Introduction -- pt. 1. Czechoslovakia -- pt. 2. Poland -- pt. 3. Germany -- Haunted lands -- Glossary of names -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "The haunted land : facing Europe's ghosts after communism / Tina Rosenberg.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".