Revolution 1989
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'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can change the world' Jonathan Dimbleby, MAIL ON SUNDAY
'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can change the world' Jonathan Dimbleby, MAIL ON SUNDAY
For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying democratic freedoms; and militarily, by two mighty, distrustful power blocs, still fighting the cold war. At the start of 1989, ten European nations were still Soviet vassal states. By the end of the year, one after another, they had thrown off communism, declared national independence, and embarked on the road to democracy.
One of history's most brutal empires was on its knees. Poets who had been languishing in jails became vice presidents. When the Berlin Wall fell on a chilly November night it seemed as though the open wounds of the cruel twentieth century would at last begin to heal. The Year of Revolutions appeared as a beacon of hope for oppressed people elsewhere who dared to dream that they too could free themselves.
In a dizzying few months of almost entirely peaceful revolutions the people's will triumphed over tyranny. An entire way of life was swept away. Now, twenty years on, Victor Sebestyen reassesses this decisive moment in modern history.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 05 augustus 2010
Aantal pagina's: 480
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Victor Sebestyen
Hoofduitgeverij: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 37 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 132 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 30 mm
Verpakking lengte: 197 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 378 g
EAN: 9780753827093