The new opposition : antipolitics and solidarity -- The gang of four and their nemesis -- The momentum of change in Hungary -- Solidarity : the return of the repressed in Poland -- The glorious revolutions of 1989 -- 1990 and 1991 : the first two years of a long time -- The devil's finger : the disintegration of Yugoslavia -- Epilogue and prologue : the new pluralism
Summary
Looks at the forces that helped defeat communism in Eastern Europe, including Solidarity and Charter 77, a group of Czech intellectuals who demanded that their government obey its own laws
