| There Is No Freedom Without Bread!: 1989 and the Civil War That Brought Down Communism Contributor(s): Pleshakov, Constantine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312655339 ISBN-13: 9780312655334 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Revolutionary - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 947.000 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Polish - Chronological Period - 1980's |
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| Publisher Description: The conventional story of the end of the Cold War is simple: Ronald Reagan waged an aggressive campaign against communism, outspent his opponent, and forced Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall. In There Is No Freedom Without Bread!, Russian-born historian Constantine Pleshakov proposes a different interpretation. The revolutions that took place in 1989 were the result of politicking, tensions between Moscow and local governments, compromise between revolutionary leaders and communist old-timers, and the will and anger of the people. In a dramatic narrative culminating in that 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pleshakov, Constantine: - Constantine Pleshakov is the author of several works of history, including Stalin's Folly, The Tsar's Last Armada, The Flight of the Romanovs, and Inside the Kremlin's Cold War. He teaches at Mount Holyoke College and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. |