A review by tablereader234
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933 by Anne Applebaum

5.0

There's a kind of sanity to Appelbaum's description of the utter madness of Stalin's regime and the lengths people would go to eat in the midst of famine that makes the unimaginable become comprehendible. She presents the facts and narratives simply, allowing the suffering to generate grief and rage in the reader. It is well-researched, well-written, and a good case study for those looking to enter into Stalinist history.