Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment
- ISBN-10
- 0812966791
- ISBN-13
- 9780812966794
- Series
- Uncivil Society
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 197
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Stephen Kotkin
Description
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. In one of history's most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded--not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two scholars of Eastern European and Soviet affairs revisit what happened, in this fresh, incisive look at communism's collapse.
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