
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
#91 of 3,809 books · #28 in History
Won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1996) and the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1995).
Profiles the struggles of the people and leaders of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia as their nations endure the transition from dictatorship to democracy.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- ISBN-13
- 9780307773586
- Genre
- Topics
- Post-communist transitionEastern European politicsDealing with dictatorship's legacy
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(1996)
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1995)
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