The Revolutions of 1989

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International History
“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’. We get
in-depth analysis and diversity of the assessments.” – Pierre Grosser, professor of history of
international relations and contemporary world history, Sciences Po, Paris; author of the prizewinning book 1989, l’année où le monde a basculé (Paris: Perrin, 2009).
Contents:
REVOLUTIONS: Gorbachev and the “New Thinking” – Poland 1989 – Hungary 1989 –
The Tiananmen Square “Incident” – The Revolution in East Germany – Czechoslovakia
in 1989 – Yugoslavia 1989 – The End of Communist Rule in Bulgaria – The Romanian
Revolution – The “Singing Revolution” in the Baltic Republics
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Authors:
A. Grachev (World Political Forum, Turin) – K. Bachmann (University of Social Sciences and
Humanities Warsaw) – A. Oplatka (Andrássy University Budapest) – P. Vámos (Hungarian
Academy of Sciences) – H. H. Hertle (Center for Contemporary History, Potsdam) – J. Suk
(Czech Academy of Sciences) – F. Bieber (University of Graz) – A. Galijaš (University of Graz)
– U. Brunnbauer (University of Regensburg) – A. U. Gabanyi (Stiftung Wissenschaft und
Politik, Berlin) – K. Brüggemann (University of Tallinn) – N. M. Naimark (Stanford University)
– E. Zadorozhnyuk (Russian Academy of Sciences) – Ph. Zelikow (University of Virginia)
– A. von Plato (Open University of Hagen) – W. Mueller (Austrian Academy of Sciences) –
K. Larres (University of North Carolina) – G. Saunier (Institut François Mitterrand) – A. Varsori
(University of Padua) – A. Suppan (Austrian Academy of Sciences) – M. Gehler (Austrian
Academy of Sciences) – D. Segert (University of Vienna) – L. Deyanova (Kliment Ohridski
University, Sofia) – M. Prozumenshchikov (Russian Federal Archive of Modern History) –
S. R. Sloan (Atlantic Community Initiative) – J. O’Brennan (National University of Ireland,
Maynooth) – H. Möller (Institute for Contemporary History, Munich-Berlin)
ISBN 978-3-7001-7638-1
WOLFGANG MUELLER
MICHAEL GEHLER
ARNOLD SUPPAN, eds.
AFTERMATH: Societal Transformations – Remembering 1989 – The “Archival Revolution” –
NATO Enlargement – EU Enlargement – Epochal Changes – Chronology
The Revolutions of 1989
REACTIONS: The Superpowers – The USSR and the Revolutions – US Strategic Planning
– The Reunification of Germany – The USSR and the Reunification of Germany – Margaret
Thatcher and German Unification – France and 1989 – Italy and 1989 – Austria and Eastern
Europe – Austria and 1989
WOLFGANG MUELLER, MICHAEL GEHLER, ARNOLD SUPPAN, eds.
The Revolutions of 1989
A Handbook