Revolution 1989: the fall of the Soviet Empire
"For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying democratic freedoms; and militarily, by two mighty, distrustful power blocs, still fighting the cold war. At the start of 1989, ten European nations were still Soviet vassal states. By the end of the year, one after another, they had thrown off communism, declared national independence, and embarked on the road to democracy. When the Berlin Wall fell on a chilly November night it seemed as though the open wounds of the cruel twentieth century would at last begin to heal. An entire way of life was swept away along with a half dozen incompetent, corrupt and at times vicious dictatorships. It happened with little violence, apart from a few days in Romania. Now, twenty years on, Victor Sebestyen reassesses this decisive moment in modern history."--Global Books in Print. |
| Beschreibung: | XXI, 451 S. Ill. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
MapofEuropeini989
xiv
Introduction
xvii
Prologue
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PART ONE: COLD WAR
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The Workers State
9
2
A Message of Hope
22
3
Solidarity
28
4
The Electrician
31
5
Civil War
50
6
The Bleeding Wound
58
7
The Power of the Powerless
64
8
Able Archer
79
9
America s Leading Dove
90
10
A Pyrrhic Victory
95
PART TWO: THE THAW
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The New Tsar
109
12
The Sword and Shield
121
13
Lenin s Apostle
134
14
Silent Memories
144
15
We Cannot Win
152
16
Let Them Hate
160
17
Chernobyl: Nuclear Disaster
175
18
Ethnic Cleansing
184
19
Humbled in Red Square
190
20
The Gang of Four
194
REVOLUTION 1989
21
Gorbachev s Vietnam
199
22
Old Men s Tales
204
23
Endgame in Poland
216
24
President Bush Takes Charge
222
25
Triumph in Manhattan
226
PART THREE: REVOLUTION
26
The War of Words
237
27
Havel in Jail
242
28
The Round Table
246
29
Shoot to Kill
251
30
The Friendship Bridge
254
31
The Curtain Falls
258
32
The Cautious American
263
33
The Loyal Opposition
269
34
The Dictator Pays his Debts
271
35
A Stolen Election
276
36
Expulsion of the Turks
282
37
The Landslide
287
38
Funeral in Budapest
293
39
A Presidential Tour
301
40
Trail of the Trabants
311
41
A Government of Dissidents
318
42
Refugees
321
43
The Birthday Party
332
44
People Power
342
45
The Wall Comes Tumbling Down
350
46
The Coup
361
47
The Velvet Revolution
367
48
The Moment of Weakness
380
Finale
401
References
405
Bibliography
424
Index
429
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