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Rosenberg's previous book, Children of Cain, dealt with the change from dictatorship to democracy in South America. Here, she approaches a similar theme in Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism, telling a series of riveting human stories to illuminate the paradox that rabid anti-Communism at times resembles Communism. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the former East Germany, she talks to erstwhile dissidents now victimized because they are named in old police registers; to low-level agents accused of crimes that were not crimes when committed; and to high officials who now run things just like before. She convincingly suggests that the best antidote to Communism may be, not revenge, but "tolerance and the rule of law."
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The Haunted Land. Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism, Tina Rosenberg
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- Released
- 1995
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tina Rosenberg
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0679422153
- ISBN13
- 9780679422150
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Czech & Slovak history, Germany, Russia, History of Europe, Czech History, Communism, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Eastern Europe
- Original title
- The haunted land
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- Rosenberg's previous book, Children of Cain, dealt with the change from dictatorship to democracy in South America. Here, she approaches a similar theme in Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism, telling a series of riveting human stories to illuminate the paradox that rabid anti-Communism at times resembles Communism. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the former East Germany, she talks to erstwhile dissidents now victimized because they are named in old police registers; to low-level agents accused of crimes that were not crimes when committed; and to high officials who now run things just like before. She convincingly suggests that the best antidote to Communism may be, not revenge, but "tolerance and the rule of law."