Gulag: A History

What is the theme in Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum?

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Resistance is another theme in the book. Power within the Gulag system was held primarily with guards, camp commanders, and Soviet leadership. Prisoners had few rights and little control over their lives within the camps. Thus, while easy imagine the prisoners as helpless, they did find ways to resist the system.