Dimensions
155 x 234 x 36mm
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.