O istorie mondială a comunismului. Vol. 3. Complicii

Thierry Wolton looks at those who helped communist states last and grow. These people did not build the states they backed. Some held firm beliefs. Some sought gains for themselves. Others chose not to see the truth. He argues that their roles still make the truth hard to find.

This is the third and last book in his history of world communism. It asks how people face facts that clash with their beliefs. It draws on what writers said about communism or Stalin. These include Sartre, Brecht and H. G. Wells. Wolton says we must face this past despite guilt and silence. He also looks at the pain of those the states harmed. He looks, too, at those they misled.

Wolton works as a journalist, writer and historian. He also teaches at a Paris business school. He studies communist rule and the Cold War. His work also looks at Soviet sway in the West. The book won the Jan Michalski Prize in 2017. It won the Aujourd’hui Prize in 2018.

This Romanian translation has a preface Wolton wrote for this edition. Wilhelm Tauwinkl, Carmen Fotescu and Marieva-Cătălina Ionescu helped translate it. So did Mariana Piroteală and Elena Ciocoiu. Georgeta-Anca Ionescu and Emanoil Marcu also helped translate it.