The Black Book of Communism

The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression is a book authored by several European academics and edited by Stéphane Courtois, which documents a history of repressions, both political and civilian, by Communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and artificial famines. The book was originally published in 1997 in France under the title Le Livre noir du communisme: Crimes, terreur, répression by Éditions Robert Laffont. In the United States it is published by Harvard University Press. The German edition, published by Piper Verlag, includes a chapter authored by Joachim Gauck, who later went on to be President of Germany.

Links

 * Extracts by the publisher from many different reviews
 * Reviews on Amazon.com
 * Review – Journal of American History
 * Philippe Bourrinet, "Du bon usage des livres noirs"
 * Noam Chomsky, "Counting the Bodies", Spectre No. 9
 * Laurent Joffrin, "Sauver Lénine?", Libération, December 17, 1997
 * Gilles Perrault, "Communisme, les falsifications d'un «livre noir»", Le Monde diplomatique
 * Ronald Radosh, "The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression", review on Firstthings.com, February 2000
 * Laurent Joffrin, "Sauver Lénine?", Libération, December 17, 1997
 * Gilles Perrault, "Communisme, les falsifications d'un «livre noir»", Le Monde diplomatique
 * Ronald Radosh, "The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression", review on Firstthings.com, February 2000