Revolution 1989

The Fall of the Soviet Empire

Revolution 1989

Sebestyen, Victor

Editorial Orion
Fecha de edición agosto 2010 · Edición nº 1

Idioma inglés

EAN 9780753827093
480 páginas
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
Dimensiones 130 mm x 197 mm


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Resumen del libro

'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can change the world' Jonathan Dimbleby, MAIL ON SUNDAYFor more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying democratic freedoms; and militarily, by two mighty, distrustful power blocs, still fighting the cold war. At the start of 1989, ten European nations were still Soviet vassal states. By the end of the year, one after another, they had thrown off communism, declared national independence, and embarked on the road to democracy.

One of history's most brutal empires was on its knees. Poets who had been languishing in jails became vice presidents. When the Berlin Wall fell on a chilly November night it seemed as though the open wounds of the cruel twentieth century would at last begin to heal.

The Year of Revolutions appeared as a beacon of hope for oppressed people elsewhere who dared to dream that they too could free themselves. In a dizzying few months of almost entirely peaceful revolutions the people's will triumphed over tyranny. An entire way of life was swept away.

Now, twenty years on, Victor Sebestyen reassesses this decisive moment in modern history.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Victor Sebestyen nació en Budapest y abandonó su Hungría natal junto a su familia como refugiados. En su faceta de periodista, ha colaborado con diversas publicaciones británicas, como x{0026}lt;i The London Evening Standardx{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i The Timesx{0026}lt;/i y x{0026}lt;i The Daily Mail,x{0026}lt;/i y con diarios estadounidenses como x{0026}lt;i The New York Times.x{0026}lt;/i x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Trabajó como corresponsal en Europa del Este durante el final del comunismo y la caída del muro de Berlín, en 1989, y cubrió las guerras en la antigua Yugoslavia y la desaparición de la Unión Soviética. También ha trabajado como editor periodístico, ponente en universidades, festivales literarios y conferencias en Europa y Estados Unidos.x{0026}lt;/p





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