Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire

ISBN-13: 9780753827093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 480 str.

Victor Sebestyen

Opis

Journalist Victor Sebestyen witnessed much of the 1989 fall of the Soviet empire at first hand and in this book, he reassesses this decisive moment in modern history.

Recenzje

This pacy and vivid survey of the remarkably swift collapse of the Soviet empire is a considerable achievement. DAILY TELEGRAPH

O autorze

Victor Sebestyen is the acclaimed author of TWELVE DAYS (W&N, 2006), REVOLUTION 1989 (W&N, 2009) and 1946 (Macmillan, 2014). He was born in Budapest. He was a child when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he has worked for numerous British newspapers, including the EVENING STANDARD, DAILY MAIL and THE TIMES. He reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. He covered the wars in former Yugoslavia and the breakup of the Soviet Union. At the EVENING STANDARD he was foreign editor, media editor and chief leader writer. He is an associate editor of NEWSWEEK.