It certainly contains much truth and many facts that are often not in the college or high school textbooks. Extremely welldocumented, formed by a collection of essays by distinguished scholars some are members of the left, some former communists, this book exposes the reality of communism, not the lies spread by academia, the media and their acolytes on the left. But conditions to do this are becoming increasingly unfavourable. Pdf the black book of communism in croatia download full.
The black book of communism tries to revive the biggest lie of this century. After learning about canadas ridiculous monument to the victims of communism and finding out that theres a similar monument in my own city, i looked at the claims made by the reactionaries funding the projects. Mass crimes and human rights violations committed by the communist regime. Some critics have objected to the book s depiction of communism and nazism as being similar, others have criticized the approach the book takes to assigning blame of deaths, and still others, most notably j.
Full text of the black book of communism see other formats. Full text of the black book of communism internet archive. Popular communism books meet your next favorite book. Animal farm by george orwell, the communist manifesto by karl marx, one day in the life of ivan denisovich by aleksandr solzh. Crimes, terror, repression is a 1997 book by stephane courtois, nicolas werth, andrzej paczkowski and several other european academics documenting a history of political repressions by communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, killing populations in labor camps and artificially created famines. The black book of communism, written by stephane courtois has been called into question on multiple different grounds. It was first published in 1973, followed by an english translation the following year. The black book of communism, the seminal harvard university press work, which specialized in trying to get accurate data on the enormous volume. Reply to redandblackrevolutionary on the black book of. Why doesnt the black book of communism include the almost. In late 1997 a leading french publishing house, robert laffont, published le livre noir du communisme the black book of communism, an 850page book of scholarly essays that collectively provide a history of communism in the 20th century. The black book is a groundbreaking effort by a group of french scholars to document the human costs of communism in the 20th century. The contributors to the book include some of the finest scholars from both east and west, who have drawn extensively on new archival findings. Why doesnt the black book of communism include the almost 6 million nazis killed by communism.