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Places Perestroika in its long-term historical perspective, as the final stage in a broad theory of revolutionary process beginning with the Russian Revolution of 1917, and puts forward a new interpretation of the striking events that led to the downfall of Gorbachev and Communism in the late Soviet Union.

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.

Documents some of the hidden histories of men and women whose lives were torn apart by the government and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.

Chronicles the life of Joseph Stalin, contradicting and disproving conventional beliefs about the leader's life and mysterious death, covering events and developments either unknown or distorted in previous books.

Explores how Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, rose to the top despite the fact that they came from inconspicuous backgrounds and few people believed they could become world leaders.

Traces the origins of the Russian Revolution and its execution, and chronicles the lives of the men who made it possible--Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.