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This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars working to address the puzzling durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, wh

The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political,

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"By the correspondents of the New York Times"--Cover. Includes index.