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Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions

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Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions

Adam Roberts examines the dramatic role played by “people power” in the undermining of communist regimes in East Central Europe, the achievement of independence by the Baltic states, and the defeat of the August 1991 coup attempt in the Soviet Union.

Adam Roberts

The Albert Einstein Institution, 1999
Monograph Series #4
1991 (1st edition), 1999 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 1-880813-04-1

Material on this page appears with permission of The Albert Einstein Institution (AEI). For questions regarding translation, reproduction, or purchase, please contact AEI

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