There is no freedom without bread! 1989 and the civil war that brought down communism - Plešakov, Konstantin V. 1959- (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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