Political will and personal belief : the decline and fall of Soviet communism /
"Paul Hollander focuses on the human aspects of the failure of Soviet communism. He examines how members of the Soviet political elite, leaders in communist Czechoslovakia and Hungary, high-ranking officials in agencies of control and coercion, and distinguished defectors and exiles experienced...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1999. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Table of Contents:
- The human factor in the failure of communism
- Defectors and exiles: disillusionment before the fall
- Soviet leaders: the reformers
- The ambivalence of high-level functionaries
- The political transformation of East European leaders
- Leading specialists in "state security" (political police)
- Conclusions: the unity of theory and practice
- Appendix: the interviews.