Revolution 1989
Subtitle: the fall of the Soviet empire
By: Victor Sebestyen.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9780375425325
Subjects: Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: Documents the collapse of the Soviet Union's European empire (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslvakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) and the transition of each to independent states, drawing on interviews and newly uncovered archival material to offer insight into 1989's rapid changes and the USSR's minimal resistance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-428) and index.