The Collapse Of Communism

Author : Lee Edwards
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817998165

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The Collapse of Communism by Lee Edwards Pdf

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 : Leslie Holmes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199551545

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Communism: A Very Short Introduction by Leslie Holmes Pdf

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 : Doug Lorimer
Publisher : Resistance Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0909196737

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The Collapse of Communism in the USSR by Doug Lorimer Pdf

Author : Bernard M. Gwertzman,Michael T. Kaufman
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041267837

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The Collapse of Communism by Bernard M. Gwertzman,Michael T. Kaufman Pdf

"By the correspondents of the New York Times"--Cover. Includes index.

Author : Archie Brown
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307372246

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The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown Pdf

Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall — a definitive and ground-breaking account of the revolutionary ideology that changed the modern world. The inexorable rise of Communism was the most momentous political phenomenon of the first half of the twentieth century. Its demise in Europe and its decline elsewhere have produced the most profound political changes of the last few decades. In this illuminating book, based on forty years of study and a wealth of new sources, Archie Brown provides a comprehensive history as well as an original and highly readable analysis of an ideology that has shaped the world and still rules over a fifth of humanity. A compelling new work from an internationally renowned specialist, The Rise and Fall of Communism promises to be the definitive study of the most remarkable political and human story of our times.

Author : Michael McFaul,Kathryn Stoner-Weiss,Kathryn Stoner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521834848

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After the Collapse of Communism by Michael McFaul,Kathryn Stoner-Weiss,Kathryn Stoner Pdf

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Author : Jacqueline Hayden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134208012

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The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland by Jacqueline Hayden Pdf

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 : Gale Stokes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199879199

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The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Gale Stokes Pdf

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 : Susan Darraj
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646936571

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The Collapse of the Soviet Union, Updated Edition by Susan Darraj Pdf

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 : Martin K. Dimitrov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107035539

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Why Communism Did Not Collapse by Martin K. Dimitrov Pdf

Addresses the durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, the longest-lasting type of non-democratic regime to emerge after World War I.

Author : Stephen White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134694235

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Communism and its Collapse by Stephen White Pdf

Ranging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s this study examines Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these countries, including: * communism as a doctrine * the evolution of Communist rule * the challenges to Soviet authority in Hungary and Yugoslavia * the emerging economic fragility of the 1960s * the complex process of collapse in the 1980s. Any student or scholar of European history will find this an essential addition to their reading list.

Author : Michael Gehler,Piotr H. Kosicki,Helmut Wohnout
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789462702165

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Christian Democracy and the Fall of Communism by Michael Gehler,Piotr H. Kosicki,Helmut Wohnout Pdf

Debates on the role of Christian Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe too often remain strongly tied to national historiographies. With the edited collection the contributing authors aim to reconstruct Christian Democracy’s role in the fall of Communism from a bird's-eye perspective by covering the entire region and by taking “third-way” options in the broader political imaginary of late-Cold War Europe into account. The book’s twelve chapters present the most recent insights on this topic and connect scholarship on the Iron Curtain’s collapse with scholarship on political Catholicism. Christian Democracy and the Fall of Communism offers the reader a two-fold perspective. The first approach examines the efforts undertaken by Western European actors who wanted to foster or support Christian Democratic initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe. The second approach is devoted to the (re-)emergence of homegrown Christian Democratic formations in the 1980s and 1990s. One of the volume’s seminal contributions lies in its documentation of the decisive role that Christian Democracy played in supporting the political and anti-political forces that engineered the collapse of Communism from within between 1989 and 1991.

Author : Peter Cipkowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1991-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001667877

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Revolution in Eastern Europe by Peter Cipkowski Pdf

Analyzes the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, country by country, during 1989 and 1990. Includes photographs, time lines, maps, and cartoons.

Author : Stewart Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : Communism
ISBN : 0431170703

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The Collapse of Communism by Stewart Ross Pdf

Author : Martyn C. Rady
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Communism
ISBN : WISC:89056249766

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Causes and Consequences of the Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe by Martyn C. Rady Pdf

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.