Until we fall: long distance life on the left

"Most westerners glimpsed the breakup of the Soviet Union at a great distance, through a highly distorted lens which equated the expansion of capitalism with the rise of global democracy. But there were those, like Helena Sheehan, who watched more keenly and saw a world turning upside down. In...

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Main Author: Sheehan, Helena (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Monthly Review Press [2023]
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Summary:"Most westerners glimpsed the breakup of the Soviet Union at a great distance, through a highly distorted lens which equated the expansion of capitalism with the rise of global democracy. But there were those, like Helena Sheehan, who watched more keenly and saw a world turning upside down. In her new autobiographical history from below, Until We Fall, Sheehan shares what she witnessed first-hand and close-up, as hopes were raised by glasnost and perestroika, only to be swept away in the bitter and brutal counterrevolutions that followed"
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:357 Seiten 21 cm
ISBN:9781685900274
9781685900281

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