Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment

by Stephen Kotkin

Book Overview

Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. In one of modern history's most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded-and not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two of the foremost scholars of East European and Soviet affairs, Stephen Kotkin and Jan T. Gross, drawing upon two decades of reflection, revisit this crash. In a crisp, concise, unsentimental narrative, they employ three case studies-East Germany, Romania, and Poland-to illuminate what led...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812966791
• ISBN13: 9780812966794
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"