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Beschreibung
For more than 40 years the Iron Curtain divided Europe. But in a few short months in 1989 the Soviet vassal states threw off Communism, declared national independence and embarked on the road to democracy. Award winning journalist and witness to events, Victor Sebestyen reassesses this decisive moment in modern history.
For more than 40 years the Iron Curtain divided Europe. But in a few short months in 1989 the Soviet vassal states threw off Communism, declared national independence and embarked on the road to democracy. Award winning journalist and witness to events, Victor Sebestyen reassesses this decisive moment in modern history.
Über den Autor
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 451 S.
ISBN-13: 9780753827093
ISBN-10: 0753827093
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sebestyen, Victor
Hersteller: Orion Publishing Co
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 130 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Victor Sebestyen
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.08.2010
Gewicht: 0,391 kg
Artikel-ID: 101331556

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