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Zusatztext ' A thorough, well-documented study' - CHOICE Informationen zum Autor Steven Rosefielde is a Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. One of the world's leading experts in Soviet/Russian Studies, Comparative Economic Systems and International Security, he is the author of numerous books including the Russian Economy: From Lenin to Putin (2007). Klappentext Red Holocaust investigates high crimes against humanity in the Soviet Union, eastern and central Europe, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia 1929-2009, and compares the results with Ha Shoah and the Japanese Asian Holocaust. As in other studies, blame is ascribed to political, ideological and personal causes, but special emphasis is given to internal contradictions in Marx's utopian model as well as Stalinist and post-Stalinist transition systems concocted to realize communist ends. This faulty economic engineering forms a bridge to the larger issue of communism's historical failure. Zusammenfassung Investigates high crimes against humanity in the Soviet Union, eastern and central Europe, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia 1929-2009, and compares the results with Ha Shoah and the Japanese Asian Holocaust. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Red Holocaust: First wave 1. Dystopia 2. Twenty Million Souls 3. Colectivization and Terror-Starvation 4. The Great Terror 5. Gulag 6. Ethnic Cleansing 7. Captive Nations 8. Sword and Torch Part II Second Wave 9. Overlapping Empires 10. Killing Fields Part III The Sixth Commandment, Part IV Terror-Command Economy 12. Siege Mobilization 13. Asian Terror-Command 14. Terror-Free Command 15. Illusion of Progress Part V Red Holocaust Denial 16. Corpus Delicti 17. Presumption of Innocence 18. Justifiable Homicide 19. Beyond Good and Evil 20. Clemency and Retribution Part VI Hitler's and Hirohito's Holocausts 21. Genocide and Lethal Labor Exploitation Part VII After the Second Wave 22. Prospects ...
