Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

Timothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University. An expert on eastern Europe and the second world war, he has published numerous books and written articles for periodicals such as the New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, New Republic, Prospect and the Nation. Blair Ruble is Director of the Wilson Centers oldest program, the Kennan Institute, and also directs the centers Comparative Urban Studies Program. His latest book is Washington's U Street: A Biography.

[@George-2115]

Ten years after reading this book it is still one of the most important books I've ever read. It's a bit of a miracle. This is a book that, as fairly and honestly as possible, looks at the greatest crime, at our greatest failing. Both despite, and for this very fact, this book thus stands out as a monument to humanity.

[@artursbondars7789]

Good discussion! I agree on most points. But as historian from Latvia, I want to point, that countries in this "bloodland" region understand the most, what happened in region, so they can give the best examples of true and unbiased history. It's not rewriting history, to add to their political agendas or local national interests only, but of course history gets often mixed in thous subjects. At the end You already pointed out about that, that history tends to become political and so on. But this issue is present in all countries of world, in some more, than others. Newertheles Your points, on how History science develops, are well sad.

[@RussiaGoodFantastic]

Propagandalands

[@jmdenn3000]

So what's it like being a boot licking apologist for one of the worst regimes in human history?

[@squirmyrabbit4367]

Your communist masters will promise you the rose garden but give you only thorns.

[@Nick-wi3kd]

For real tho