Political will and personal belief : the decline and fall of Soviet communism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hollander, Paul, 1932-2019
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press 1999.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt32bgrr
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.