One of the author's six favorite books about unfamiliar places, as shared at The Week magazine:
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder (2010).Read about another entry on the list.
Many people in the West remain innocent of the full horror of World War II because they know little of what happened in Eastern Europe. Fourteen million people died there. Snyder's account is both a staggering indictment and an eloquent elegy.
--Marshal Zeringue