The Captive Mind

by Czeslaw Milosz · first published 1953

Recommended by 2 people Timothy Snyder, Anne Applebaum

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  1. Timothy Snyder American historian (born 1969)

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    One of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The best books on Dissent”.

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  2. Anne Applebaum American journalist and historian (born 1964)

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    One of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The best books on Memoirs of Communism”.

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