Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. 1942-1979
  • 1. War Brings License: 1942-48
  • 2. Communism Rises: 1949-77
  • 3. The Pope Arms 150 Divisions: 1978-79
  • Part 2. 1980-1988
  • 4. The Working Class Strikes: 1980-81
  • 5. The Revolution Winters: 1982-88
  • Part 3. 1989
  • 6. The "Polish Disease" Spreads: June-September
  • 7. The Wall Opens Up; the Magic Theater Raises the Curtain: October-November
  • 8. Gorbachev Stumbles, Ceausescu Falls: December
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index