LEADER 02416nam 22004213a 450 001 9910645992803321 005 20230803215431.0 010 $a3-7001-7779-8 035 $a(CKB)3830000000060319 035 $a(OCoLC)1249172418 035 $a(ScCtBLL)8cc87320-e1ae-4d3e-bb77-63662b9fc9c6 035 $a(EXLCZ)993830000000060319 100 $a20211214i20142021 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Revolutions of 1989 : $eA Handbook /$fWolfgang Mueller, Michael Gehler, Arnold Suppan$hVolume 2 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cVerlag der O?sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 225 1 $aInternationale Geschichte/International History 311 $a3-7001-7638-4 330 $aOnly a few people foresaw the sudden and momentous events of 1989: within weeks the seemingly unshakable communist regimes of Eastern Europe were washed away and with them the postwar international order. This book gives an overview over the national revolutions and external reactions. It contains chapters on the revolutions in all major countries of the former communist bloc as well as on the responses of all major international players. The first part examines the revolutionary events - from above and from below - in Eastern Europe as well as China and their backgrounds. The second part deals with Soviet and Western perceptions and responses. The third part focuses on the aftermath of the revolutions, on societal transformations, the acceptance of the new Central European democracies to NATO and the EU, and on the memory of 1989. "By far the best collective work on this topic ... This book will be unique, and is much needed - at a time when social scientists continue to strive to understand the 'Arab revolutions'." Pierre Grosser "We get in-depth analysis and diversity of the assessments." Pierre Grosser 410 $aInternationale Geschichte/International History 606 $aHistory / Europe$2bisacsh 606 $aHistory 615 7$aHistory / Europe 615 0$aHistory 702 $aMueller$b Wolfgang 702 $aGehler$b Michael 702 $aSuppan$b Arnold 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910645992803321 996 $aThe Revolutions of 1989$93007978 997 $aUNINA