The Fall of the Soviet Empire

For more than 40 years after World War II, the Iron Curtain still divided Europe physically, ideologically and militarily. Few imagined that this fact would change in their lifetimes; yet, by the end of 1989, one of history's most brutal empires was brought to its knees. In a dizzying few months of entirely peaceful revolutions the people's will triumphed over tyranny. An entire way of life was swept away along with half a dozen dictatorships. Now, 20 years on, Victor Sebestyen is able to write the definitive account of this decisive moment in modern times.