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There Is No Freedom Without Bread! : 1989 and the Civil War That Brought down Communism by Constantine Pleshakov and Konstantin Pleshakov (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374289026

ISBN-139780374289027

eBay Product ID (ePID)72739558

Product Key Features

Book TitleThere Is No Freedom Without Bread! : 1989 and the Civil War That Brought Down Communism

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicEurope / Germany, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, World / European

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorConstantine Pleshakov, Konstantin Pleshakov

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight0.4 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-010185

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsPraise forThere Is No Freedom Without Bread "A savvier, richer take than the usual hymns to national liberation." -Publishers Weekly "Pleshakov embeds original perspectives into a lively narrative . . . The human factor comes out in this readable rendition of the end of communism." -Gilbert Taylor,Booklist, Praise forThere Is No Freedom Without Bread"Clear and beautifully lyrical . . . Of all the books that mark this anniversary, [There Is No Freedom Without Bread] is one that must be read. Pleshakov writes history with a human face." -Gerard DeGroot,The Washington Post "A savvier, richer take than the usual hymns to national liberation." -Publishers Weekly "Pleshakov embeds original perspectives into a lively narrative . . . The human factor comes out in this readable rendition of the end of communism." -Gilbert Taylor,Booklist, Praise for There Is No Freedom Without Bread "Clear and beautifully lyrical . . . Of all the books that mark this anniversary, [ There Is No Freedom Without Bread ] is one that must be read. Pleshakov writes history with a human face." -Gerard DeGroot, The Washington Post "A savvier, richer take than the usual hymns to national liberation." - Publishers Weekly "Pleshakov embeds original perspectives into a lively narrative . . . The human factor comes out in this readable rendition of the end of communism." -Gilbert Taylor, Booklist

Dewey Decimal947.0009/048

SynopsisThe 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 communistold-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.

LC Classification NumberDJK50.P59 2009