num_pages: 464
description: Rosenberg's previous book, Children of Cain, dealt with the change from dictatorship to democracy in South America. Here, she approaches a similar theme in Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism, telling a series of riveting human stories to illuminate the paradox that rabid anti-Communism at times resembles Communism. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the former East Germany, she talks to erstwhile dissidents now victimized because they are named in old police registers; to low-level agents accused of crimes that were not crimes when committed; and to high officials who now run things just like before. She convincingly suggests that the best antidote to Communism may be, not revenge, but "tolerance and the rule of law."
language: English
title: The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
titlecomplete: The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
genres: Germany, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Politics, Russia, European History, World History, Poland, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 531
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Helen Bernstein Book Award
category: Excellence in Journalism
publisher: Vintage