Author : Leslie Holmes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2009-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199551545
The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology.
Author : Lee Edwards
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0817998160
Experts continue to debate one of the most important political questions of the twentieth century—why did Communism collapse so suddenly? These essays suggest that a wide range of forces—political, economic, strategic, religious, add the indispensable role of the principled statesman and the brave dissident—brought about the collapse of communism.
Author : Gale Stokes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 1993-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199879192
Gale Stokes' The Walls Came Tumbling Down has been one of the standard interpretations of the East European revolutions of 1989 for many years. It offers a sweeping yet vivid narrative of the two decades of developments that led from the Prague Spring of 1968 to the collapse of communism in 1989. Highlights of that narrative include, among other things, discussions of Solidarity and civil society in Poland, Charter 77 and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, and the bizarre regime of Romania's Nikolae Ceausescu and his violent downfall. In this second edition, now appropriately subtitled Collapse and Rebirth in Eastern Europe, Stokes not only has revised these portions of the book in the light of recent scholarship, but has added three new chapters covering the post-communist period, including analyses of the unification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Union, narratives of the admission of many of the countries of the region to the European Union, and discussion of the unfortunate outcomes of the Wars of Yugoslav Succession in the Western Balkans.
Author : Doug Lorimer
Publisher : Resistance Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780909196738
Author : Archie Brown
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0061885487
“A work of considerable delicacy and nuance….Brown has crafted a readable and judicious account of Communist history…that is both controversial and commonsensical.” —Salon.com “Ranging wisely and lucidly across the decades and around the world, this is a splendid book.” —William Taubman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and His Era The Rise and Fall of Communism is the definitive history from the internationally renowned Oxford authority on the subject. Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University, Archie Brown examines the origins of the most important political ideology of the 20th century, its development in different nations, its collapse in the Soviet Union following perestroika, and its current incarnations around the globe. Fans of John Lewis Gaddis, Samuel Huntington, and avid students of history will appreciate the sweep and insight of this epic and astonishing work.
Author : Jacqueline Hayden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2006-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1134208014
Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the Round Table discussions before the elections was a key factor in communism’s collapse. The book shows that on many occasions, PZPR decision-makers ignored expert advice, and many Round Table bargains went against the party’s best interests. Using in-depth interviews with major party players, including General Jaruzelski, General Kiszczak and Mieczyslaw Rakowski, as well as Solidarity advisors such as Adam Michnik, the text provides a unique source of first-hand accounts of Poland’s revolutionary drama.
Author : Bernard M. Gwertzman
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 45,22 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
"By the correspondents of the New York Times"--Cover. Includes index.
Author : Susan Darraj
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1646936574
The dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December 31, 1991, stunned the world. The communist empire-which had been a dominant force in global politics for 74 years, influencing world events from World War II to issues of nuclear weapons and defense-was suddenly gone. Illustrated with full-color and black-and-white photographs, and accompanied by a chronology, bibliography, and further resources, The Collapse of the Soviet Union, Updated Edition highlights major events in Soviet history, such as the rise of communism in Russia, the terror and expansionist policies of Joseph Stalin, the election of Mikhail Gorbachev, the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, and the rivalry between Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin as a new, more democratic Russia emerged from the ashes of the Soviet Union. Historical spotlights and excerpts from primary source documents are also included.
Author : Stewart Ross
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 11,35 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781403455253
Describes the history of communism and its eventual downfall in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Author : Martyn C. Rady
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
From the CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES series, illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and artwork, a look at the events leading up to the collapse of communism, the reasons for its failure, the era of glasnost and perestroika, and looking at the realities of the post-Cold War world.
