Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire

A definitive narrative history of the collapse of Soviet power across Eastern Europe. Sebestyen traces the chain of events-from Poland 's Solidarity movement and Hungary's border opening to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of communist regimes across the Eastern Bloc. Drawing on interviews, archival sources, and eyewitness accounts, he presents a vivid, fast-paced account of the political miscalculations, public uprisings, and international pressures that ended four decades of Soviet domination.