Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine

Anne Applebaum’s Red Famine offers a searing account of the Holodomor — the man-made famine that killed millions in Ukraine in the 1930s. Applebaum combines archival research with survivor testimony to show how Stalin’s policies deliberately targeted Ukrainian nationhood. Her narrative is precise, morally forceful, and historically rigorous. Applebaum situates the famine within broader Soviet strategies of control, revealing its political motivations and lasting consequences. The book is harrowing but essential, bringing clarity to a devastating and often overlooked atrocity.