Anne Applebaum is an American Polish journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe.
"Gulag: A History", also published as "Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps", is a non-fiction book covering the history of the Soviet Gulag system. The book charts the history of the Gulag organization; from its beginnings under Vladimir Lenin and the Solovki prison camp...