Title Blissful blindness : Soviet crimes under Western eyes / Dariusz Tolczyk ; translated from Polish by Jarek Garliński. Expanded by the author

Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (427 pages) Contents Dreaming of Russia -- Ex Oriente Lux -- In the Soviet theater of life -- Wonderland -- Stalin presents -- A black-and-white Western -- The curtain falls, the show goes on -- The passing of an illusion? Summary "The most heinous Soviet crimes - the Red Terror, brutal collectivization, the Great Famine, the Gulag, Stalin's Great Terror, mass deportations, and other atrocities - were treated in the West as a controversial topic. With the Cold War dichotomy of Western democracy versus Soviet communism deeply imprinted in our minds, we are not always aware that these crimes were very often questioned, dismissed, denied, sometimes rationalized, and even outright glorified in the Western world. Facing a choice of whom to believe -the survivors or Soviet propaganda- many Western opinion leaders chose in favor of Soviet propaganda. Even those who did not believe it behaved sometimes as if they did. Blissful Blindness explores Western reactions (and lack thereof) to Soviet crimes from the Bolshevik revolution to the collapse of Soviet communism in order to understand ideological, political, economic, cultural, personal, and other motivations behind this puzzling phenomenon of willful ignorance. But the significance of Dariusz Tolczyk's book reaches beyond its direct historical focus. Written for audiences not limited to scholars and specialists, this book not only opens one's eyes to rarely examined aspects of the twentieth century but also helps one see how astonishingly relevant this topic is in our contemporary world"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 12, 2023) Subject Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU. SUBJECT Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU fast Subject Political crimes and offenses -- Soviet Union Internment camps -- Soviet Union Political prisoners -- Soviet Union Propaganda -- Soviet Union HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era. HISTORY / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence (see also United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)) International relations Internment camps Political crimes and offenses Political prisoners Propaganda Public opinion, American Public opinion, European SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Relations -- Western countries Western countries -- Relations -- Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Foreign public opinion, American Soviet Union -- Foreign public opinion, European Soviet Union -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125764 Subject Soviet Union Western countries Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Garlinski, Jarek, translator. LC no. 2023016975 ISBN 0253067103 9780253067111 0253067111 9780253067104

Other Titles Gułag w oczach Zachodu. English Soviet crimes under Western eyes

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