There is No Freedom Without Bread!
1989 and the Civil War That Brought Down Communism
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 289 pages ; 24 cm
A revisionist analysis of the end of the Cold War reasons that contributing factors were much more complex than commonly understood, citing national civil wars and internal power struggles.
Contents:
pt. 1. 1942-1979 -- War brings license : 1942-48 -- Communism rises : 1949-77 -- The pope arms 150 divisions : 1978-79 -- pt. 2. 1980-1988 -- The working class strikes : 1980-81 -- The revolution winters : 1982-88 -- pt. 3. 1989 -- The "Polish disease" spreads : June-September -- The wall opens up, the magic theater raises curtain : October-November -- Gorbachev stumbles, Ceauşescu falls : December -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
Communism -- Soviet Union -- History.
Anti-communist movements -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
Anti-communist movements -- Soviet Union -- History.
Anti-communist movements -- Poland -- History.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991.
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980.
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1980-1989.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
Communism -- Soviet Union -- History.
Anti-communist movements -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
Anti-communist movements -- Soviet Union -- History.
Anti-communist movements -- Poland -- History.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991.
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980.
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1980-1989.
ISBN:
0374289026
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Includes bibliographical references and index.