Uncivil society : 1989 and the implosion of the communist establishment / Stephen Kotkin ; with a contribution by Jan T. Gross.
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TextSeries: Modern Library chronicles ; 32.Publication details: New York : Modern Library, 2009.Edition: Modern Library ed., 1st edDescription: xxiii, 197 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 0679642765 (alk. paper)
- 9780679642763 (alk. paper)
- Civil society -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
- Civil society -- Soviet Union -- History
- Social change -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
- Social change -- Soviet Union -- History
- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Former communist countries -- History
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991
- Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1970-1991
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this lively and fast-paced study, two distinguished Princeton historians, Stephen Kotkin and Jan Gross, analyze the 1989 revolution in Eastern Europe as a product of the political bankruptcy of 'uncivil society', meaning the communist elite.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. In one of history's most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded--not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two scholars of Eastern European and Soviet affairs revisit what happened, in this fresh, incisive look at communism's collapse.