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The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine Paperback – November 12, 1987

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The Harvest of Sorrow is the first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th century. Between 1929 and 1932 the Soviet Communist Party struck a double blow at the Russian peasantry: dekulakization, the dispossession and deportation of millions of peasant families, and collectivization, the abolition of private ownership of land and the concentration of the remaining peasants in party-controlled "collective" farms. This was followed in 1932-33 by a "terror-famine," inflicted by the State on the collectivized peasants of the Ukraine and certain other areas by setting impossibly high grain quotas, removing every other source of food, and preventing help from outside--even from other areas of the Soviet Union--from reaching the starving populace. The death toll resulting from the actions described in this book was an estimated 14.5 million--more than the total number of deaths for all countries in World War I.

Ambitious, meticulously researched, and lucidly written, The Harvest of Sorrow is a deeply moving testament to those who died, and will register in the Western consciousness a sense of the dark side of this century's history.

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Conquest has a terrible story to tell. He examines Stalin's assault on the Soviet peasantry at the end of the 1920s and, in particular, his genocideno other word will doof the Ukrainian people in the human-made famine of 1932-33. His horrific details, drawn from Soviet as well as Western sources, lead Conquest to conclude that as many as 14.5 million died in the years 1930-37 as a result of Stalin's terror against the peasantry: five million came from the Ukraine alone. These facts, and the ghastly details behind them, are not widely known in the West. In addition, they are officially denied by the Soviets to this day. This account by a leading scholar should help to make the story better known. R.H. Johnston, History Dept., McMaster Univ . , Hamilton, Ontario
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"A fine, thoroughly documented full-dress historical study of this genocidal campaign. Conquest grabs his reader at the start."--National Review

"Vital to understanding 'Stalin's revolution.'"--Patrick J. Rollins, Old Dominion University

"The Harvest of Sorrow is not just a heroic work of scholarship, but an embarrassment to Mikhail Gorbachev and an antidote to wishful thinking about the Soviet Union."*

"Essential reading for those who wish to understand the nature of the Soviet system...likely to become a classic."--The Wall Street Journal

"The Harvest of Sorrow is essential reading for those who wish to understand the nature of the Soviet system, and like Mr. Conquest's earlier account of Stalin's purges of the 1930s, The Great Terror, it is likely to become a classic."--The Wall Street Journal

"The most comprehensive history of the Soviet agricultural crisis....Also the most vivid portrayal of one of the great crimes against humanity of the twentieth century."--American Historical Review

"The first major scholarly book on the horrors [of Soviet collectivization]....Conquest has succeeded in restoring [the peasants'] human faces."--Time

"A very good book of its kind."--T.E. Smuck, University of Hawaii

"A superb book on a fascinating topic."--Bruce F. Adams, University of Louisville

"A superb book on one of the most important questions in Soviet history."--Herbert Ellison, University of Washington

"Excellent....It contains information on the Stalinist era, especially the consequences of collectivization, unavailable in any other book on Soviet society."--L.M. Kowal, University of Michigan

"[A] superb work of history."--Newsweek

"Meticulously researched...Robert Conquest presents a chilling account of Stalin's regime cold bloodedly killing twenty million of its own subjects."--The Washington Post Book World

"Powerful and well-documented."--The New Republic

"An excellent book....It is an eye-opener about a period of Soviet history that has been systematically falsified and ignored too often."--Steven M. Miner, Ohio University

"A carefully researched and superbly written study. It deals with a period, and a set of problems, that rank among the most important (and most neglected) of Soviet historical studies."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A comprehensive record of what may stand as the crime of the century."--The Chicago Tribune

"Brilliant and brutal. Should be required reading for all of Gorbachev's apologists."--John C.K. Daly, Kansas State University

"Absolutely essential to an understanding of the Soviet Union....Meticulously researched and well-written and the only comprehensive study of the appalling tragedy which befell in the Ukraine during collectivization."--Charles W. Chappius, Chicago State University

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Paperback: 430 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Reprint edition (November 12, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195051807
ISBN-13: 978-0195051803
Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.8 x 5.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 69 customer reviews
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April 21, 2016

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Read and learn of the horrors of Communist Russia in the early days.

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First five chapters were a little slow. They give ...

December 18, 2016

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First five chapters were a little slow. They give yoiu an insite to how humans could do such a thing to other people. I think every one should know that happened under Stalin. Must read.

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September 5, 2015

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great untold historical stuff.

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Another difficult read in terms of man's inhumanity to man. Stalin's perverse reign has never been fully
appreciated or understood in the west because of the bravery of the russian people in the 2nd
world war. and the malign influence of sections of the media and intelligentsia. Remember Putin
is Stalin's heir!

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Robert E. Marsico Sr.

can't believe so called intelligent americans fell for Stalins' utopian collectivist society

October 23, 2015

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slow read but worth knowing about . can't believe so called intelligent americans fell for Stalins' utopian collectivist society. He, Mao and Kim Jun
of N Korea were & are some of the worst people who have ever lived.

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Exactly what I was looking fir

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June 21, 2013

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Brilliantly researched and written. The Holocaust times two! Shines the light on one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century.

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Depressing yet important

April 12, 2016

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A terrifying and terrible tale. The author details how systematically Ukrainians and other marginal groups in the Soviet Union were exterminated through government policy. This had nothing to do with a drought, pests or other natural disasters. The book is a powerful reminder of the destructive powers of socialism and collectivization.

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... must read for all people who want to understand better world history

This is really a must read for all people who want to understand better world history, especially the horrors committed in the name of the government, ie Marxism,...Read more

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A True Psychotic, Murdering Monster

@kindle customer... I agree completely. How is it that Stalin's crimes seemingly fails to be recognized as killings on a much broader scale yet rarely acknowledged as such?.Read more

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Mr. Kenneth G. Davies

As in The Great Terror, Conquest is objective in compiling and sourcing ...

An amazingly comprehensive collection of detailed information about the terror famine and the collectivisation drive that led up to it, particularly in the Ukraine and the Cossack...Read more

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For Wannabe Socialists

A gripping book that lived up to its reputation. It whould be read by everybody in the West who are attracted to socialism or Communism.

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Uncovers one of the most important untold stories of the twentieth century

A must read for anyone wanting to fathom present-day politics in America or anyone interested in understanding the differences between republicanism, socialism, communism and our...Read more

Published 11 months ago

I'll like this more after Christmas

Difficult to read, but important since ignorance of history causes people to repeat the error.

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but still very good.

Not exactly Marzetti, but still very good.

Published 1 year ago

Robert Conquest (1917-2015) wrote many excellent accounts of Soviet History including HARVEST OF SORROW which ...

Robert Conquest (1917-2015) wrote many excellent accounts of Soviet History including HARVEST OF SORROW which is a book of calloused brutality and mass murder.Read more

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Kinda dry and hard to keep intrest

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