europe, eastern

A history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed the individuals who came under its sway.

Soviet, European, and American authorities examine the troubles and triumphs of the Soviet Union's struggle to reshape itself in a new era.

Presents descriptions from men and women in Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, and the Czech Republic of their lives after the opening of the Soviet bloc.

A history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed the individuals who came under its sway.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe, focusing on the Solidarity uprisings in Poland, Soviet foreign policy during the era, and the influence the collapse had on Mikhail Gorbachev's later position toward Eastern Europe.

Presents opposing viewpoints on the issues of Soviet Union foreign policy, human rights, Soviet economy, etc.

The author, who was a chief correspondent for the New York Times in Germany, recalls the events associated with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of Communist governments throughout Eastern Europe.