this is anne applebaum in this is her most recent book "iron curtain" in 1944 to 1956. she is also the one of the pulitzer for -- anne applebaum you are a finalist this year. with your thoughts about that? >> i was surprised. it's not the most popular kind of subject but i was very please. >> why do you say it's not the most popular subject? >> eastern europe after the war? is kind of a black hole actually in european history. very few people know very much about it. one of the points of writing the book was to put together what the people have done in other languages and to use archives and interviews to tell a story that hasn't been very well told. how did communism take over this region and how is it done? >> how quick the after the end of world war ii did the "iron curtain" and the communist takeover eastern europe? >> it actually happened quite fast. in the sense that when the red army came into the region, they were already prepared. they didn't know how long it was going to take and they didn't have a 10-point plan. that they began trying to control key instituti

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