The Collapse of Communism
- ISBN-10
- 0817998160
- ISBN-13
- 9780817998165
- Series
- The Collapse of Communism
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-01
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Author
- Lee Edwards
Description
Experts continue to debate one of the most important political questions of the twentieth century—why did Communism collapse so suddenly? These essays suggest that a wide range of forces—political, economic, strategic, religious, add the indispensable role of the principled statesman and the brave dissident—brought about the collapse of communism.
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