Includes bibliographical references (page 53) and index.
Contents
Communism : theory and practice -- How do we know? -- Communism victorious -- An iron curtain -- Cold War -- Two Germanys -- Hungary, 1956 -- The Prague Spring -- Fossilization in the USSR -- Falling behind -- Two ways of life -- Poland's Solidarity -- Gorbachev -- Economic disaster -- Things fall apart -- Germany : the wall comes down -- Central Europe : eager for capitalist democracy -- Southeastern Europe: bloody transition -- Russia : Yeltsin and the coup -- The USSR : liberation -- The USSR : new tyranny -- Worldwide shock -- China's market communism -- What have we learned?
