There Is No Freedom Without Bread! 1989 and the Civil War That Brought Down Communism

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780374289027
  • 27 oktober 2009
  • 289 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

The conventional story of the end of the cold war focuses on the geopolitical power struggle between the United States and the USSR: Ronald Reagan waged an aggressive campaign against communism, outspent the USSR, and forced Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”

In There Is No Freedom Without Bread!, a daring revisionist account of that seminal year, the Russian-born historian Constantine Pleshakov proposes a very different interpretation. The revolutions that took place during this momentous year were infinitely more complex than the archetypal image of the “good” masses overthrowing the “bad” puppet regimes of the Soviet empire. Politicking, tensions between Moscow and local communist governments, compromise between the revolutionary leaders and the communist old-timers, and the will and anger of the people—all had a profound influence in shaping the revolutions as multifaceted movements that brought about one of the greatest transformations in history.

In a dramatic narrative culminating in a close examination of the whirlwind year, Pleshakov challenges the received wisdom and argues that 1989 was as much about national civil wars and internal struggles for power as it was about the Eastern Europeans throwing off the yoke of Moscow.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
27 oktober 2009
Aantal pagina's
289
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Constantine Pleshakov
Tweede Auteur
C. Pleshakov
Hoofduitgeverij
Onbekend

Overige kenmerken

Editie
1
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
159 mm
Verpakking hoogte
25 mm
Verpakking lengte
241 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
499 g

EAN

EAN
9780374289027

Je vindt dit artikel in

Taal
Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
Boek
Land
Rusland
Beschikbaarheid
Leverbaar
Nog geen reviews

Kies gewenste uitvoering

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 13 euro en 60 cent. Dit is een tweedehands product.
Alleen tweedehands
Goed
Op voorraad
Nu besteld, dinsdag in huis
  • Bestellen en betalen via bol
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren