Revolution 1989
The Fall of the Soviet Empire
$46.59
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2010
Summary
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.
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. The Year of Revolutions a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753827093 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753827093 |
| Author: | Victor Sebestyen |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 381g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Phoenix |
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Critics Review
This pacy and vivid survey of the remarkably swift collapse of the Soviet empire is a considerable achievement.
A highly readable synopsis of some of the most rapid days in modern history. - The Age
About The Author
Victor Sebestyen
Victor Sebestyen was born in Budapest. He was an infant when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he has worked on numerous British newspapers. He reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed in 1989. At the London Evening Standard he was foreign editor, media editor and chief leader writer. His first book, TWELVE DAYS, was highly acclaimed.
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