Political will and personal belief
Subtitle: the decline and fall of Soviet communism
By: Paul Hollander.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Communist leadership -- Soviet Union; Communism -- Soviet Union -- History; Communist leadership -- Europe, Eastern; Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History; Defectors -- Soviet Union; Defectors -- Europe, Eastern; Soviet Union -- Politics and government
Description: "Paul Hollander focuses on the human aspects of the failure of Soviet communism. He examines how members of the Soviet political elite, leaders in communist Czechoslovakia and Hungary, high-ranking officials in agencies of control and coercion, and distinguished defectors and exiles experienced the erosion of ideals that undermined the political system they had once believed in."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-350) and index.