Title: Political will and personal belief
Subtitle: the decline and fall of Soviet communism
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.
Subjects: Communist leadership, Defectors, Communism, History, Politics and government, 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, Soviet union, politics and government, 1945-1991, Communism, soviet union, Leadership communiste, Communisme, Histoire, Transfuges, Politique et gouvernement, POLITICAL SCIENCE, General, Political Ideologies, Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Politieke elites, Politieke attituden, Politieke moraal, Politieke hervormingen, Dirigeants politiques, Regions & Countries - Europe, History & Archaeology, Russia & Former Soviet Republics
Places: Soviet Union, Eastern Europe