This is the first history of the revolutions that topped communism in Europe to look behind the scenes at the grassroots movements that made those revolutions happen. It looks for answers in the whirlwind of activity that stirred so crucially on the street. Padraic Kenney takes …
On forgetfulness and its perils -- The state of research on the 1989 expulsion -- The 1989 ethnic cleansing through the lens of the international press -- The ethnic cleansing's aftermath and the regime change -- The official coming to terms with the 1989 ethnic cleansing
Left-wing intellectuals in Britain and the US had long repudiated the Soviet regime. Why was the collapse of the Eastern Bloc experienced as a shock that destabilised their identities and political allegiances then? What happened to a collective project that had started out to f…