Illness and inhumanity in Stalin's Gulag. The violence of Stalin's labor camps

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Archives and Language -- Map of Locations of Forced Labor Camps and Colonies during the Stalin Years -- Introduction: Exploiting "Human Raw Material"--1. Food: "Whoever Does Not Work, Shall Not Eat" -- 2. Prisoners: "The Contingent" -- 3. Health: "Physical Labor Capability" -- 4. Illness and Mortality: "Lost Labor Days" -- 5. Invalids: "Inferior Workforce" -- 6. Releases: "Unloading the Ballast" -- 7. Power: "We Are Not Doctors but Delousers" -- 8. Selection: "The More (and Less) Valuable Human Element" -- 9. Exploitation: "Labor Utilization" -- Epilogue: Deaths and Deceptions -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y The nation’s most celebrated First Amendment lawyer“explores the American right to free speech in this thoughtful and concise volume” ( Publishers Weekly ). 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Floyd Abrams, a noted lawyer and award-winning legal scholar specializing in First Amendment issues, examines the degree to which American law protects free speech more often, more intensely, and more controversially than is the case anywhere else in the world, including democratic nations such as Canada and England. In this lively, powerful, and provocative work, the author addresses legal issues from the adoption of the Bill of Rights through recent cases such as Citizens United. He also examines the repeated conflicts between claims of free speech and those of national security occasioned by the publication of classified material such as was contained in the Pentagon Papers and was made public by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden"--Provided by publisher "A lively and controversial overview by the nation's most celebrated First Amendment lawyer of the unique protections for freedom of speech in America... The right of Americans to voice their beliefs without government approval or oversight is protected under what may well be the most honored and least understood addendum to the US Constitutionthe First Amendment. Floyd Abrams, a noted lawyer and award-winning legal scholar specializing in First Amendment issues, examines the degree to which American law protects free speech more often, more intensely, and more controversially than is the case anywhere else in the world, including democratic nations such as Canada and England. In this lively, powerful, and provocative work, the author addresses legal issues from the adoption of the Bill of Rights through recent cases such as Citizens United. He also examines the repeated conflicts between claims of free speech and those of national security occasioned by the publication of classified material such as was contained in the Pentagon Papers and was made public by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden." -- Publisher's website. A New And Chilling Study Of Lethal Human Exploitation In The Soviet Forced Labor Camps, One Of The Pillars Of Stalinist Terror In A Shocking New Study Of Life And Death In Stalin's Gulag, Historian Golfo Alexopoulos Suggests That Soviet Forced Labor Camps Were Driven By Brutal Exploitation And Often Administered As Death Camps. The First Study To Examine The Gulag Penal System Through The Lens Of Health, Medicine, And Human Exploitation, This Extraordinary Work Draws From Previously Inaccessible Archives To Offer A Chilling New View Of One Of The Pillars Of Stalinist Terror. Introduction: Exploiting Human Raw Material -- Food: Whoever Does Not Work, Shall Not Eat -- Prisoners: The Contingent -- Health: Physical Labor Capability -- Illness And Mortality: Lost Labor Days -- Invalids: Inferior Workforce -- Releases: Unloading The Ballast -- Power: We Are Not Doctors But Delousers -- Selection: The More (and Less) Valuable Human Element -- Exploitation: Labor Utilization -- Epilogue: Deaths And Deceptions. Golfo Alexopoulos. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "A new and chilling study of lethal human exploitation in the Soviet forced labor camps, one of the pillars of the Stalinist terror. In a shocking new study of life and death in Stalin's Gulag, historian Golfo Alexopoulos suggests that Soviet forced labor camps were driven by brutal exploitation and often administered as death camps. The first study to examine the Gulag penal system through the lens of health, medicine, and human exploitation, this extraordinary work draws from previously inaccessible archives to offer a chilling new view of one of the pillars of Stalinist terror"--Page [4] of cover.