Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin Audiobook

" An astonishing book. I thought I understood the Second World War - but this is a whole now level "

" Boring history told ove and over Russia has not changed from 1890. To 2022. Russia is a gangsters paridice will it change NO. Need new leadership. "

" Hard to believe this could happen so recently. I already knew about the Terror, and the famines, but to read the stories and see the numbersd is astounding. Incredible research. I have to admit, I find myself thinking "this is impossible, he must be wrong!" A great book. "

" Stunning story of the fate that fell to the lands unfortunate to fall between two of the 20th century's worst psychopaths. A good complement to "Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million" by Martin Amis. "

" Excellent look at the complicated rise of two tyrants that for ever reshaped the world. A good historical look at the circumstances surrounding their rise to power. Well researched and well written. Although hard and grim reminder of psychotic actions driven by power. "

" Perhaps one of the most depressing -- yet necessary -- books I have ever read. "

" Grim reading, but the go-to book for detailed accounts of the murders committed by Hitler and Stalin against the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe. "

" Great book! Perfect for those who are interested in the bloody history of Eastern Europe during the WWII and Stalin`s repressions. "

" Although it describes events almost too terrible to read, an excellent and necessary lesson. "

" Not a light read, either in style or substance, but it definitely gives a new perspective on genocide and the 20th century. I consider myself fairly well-versed in these topics, and this gave new-to-me information. I may purchase a copy. "

" An amazing and telling history of the lands between Russia and Germany which endured the brunt of both Hitler and Stalin's methods and motives of extermination of populations barely hinted at in the confines of the Holocaust "

" Depressing book alright but deeply interesting. "

" Too depressing. After reading about Stalin's deliberate starvation of the Ukraine, I couldn't go on. "

" "One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic" --Stalin "

" A must read for those who don't learn history in school today. A true account of how man can be cruel and evil in the name of their government. "

" A litany of death coloured by individual lives. "

" Great book! Perfect for those who are interested in the bloody history of Eastern Europe during the WWII and Stalin`s repressions. "

" Though Professor Snyder's account occasionally bogs down with apparatchik in-fights, he challenges the mind's capacity for horror as this once-multinational landscape is alternately transported, butchered, and starved into a war-shocked, Jewless state. "

" Horribly disturbing, but fills in a lot of pre- and WWII events that you never heard about. "

" Interesting study of how most intentional murder during WWII done by Germans and Russians occurred in area of Eastern Europe between Germany and Russia. But not very well written and in much need of editing (i.e., way too long for what it said). "

" Made it through half and skimmed the rest. This book was a beating. "

" Excellent look at Holocaust from a different view. Russia/Germany war. Explains different ideas for Final Solution. Things evolved, and this author was on top of it. "