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The Revolutions of 1989. a Handbook Wolfgang MUELLER - Michael GEHLER - Arnold SUPPAN (eds.) The Revolutions of 1989. A Handbook ISBN 978-3-7001-7638-1 Print Edition Internationale Geschichte 2 2014, 705 Seiten, 24x17 cm, Karton € 75,00 Only a few people foresaw the sudden and momentous events of 1989: within months the seemingly unshakable communist regimes of Eastern Europe were washed away and with them the postwar international order. This book gives an overview over the national revolutions and external reactions. It contains chapters on the revolutions in all major countries of the former communist bloc as well as on the responses of all major international Wolfgang MUELLER players. The first part examines the revolutionary events – from is deputy director of the Institute above and from below – in Eastern Europe as well as China and of Modern and Contemporary their backgrounds. The second part deals with Soviet and Historical Research at the Western perceptions and responses. The third part focuses on Austrian Academy of Sciences in the aftermath of the revolutions, on societal transformations, the Vienna acceptance of the new Central European democracies to NATO and the EU, and on the memory of 1989. Michael GEHLER is director of the Institute of “By far the best collective work on this topic … This book will be Modern and Contemporary unique, and is much needed – at a time when social scientists Historical Research at the continue to strive to understand the ‘Arab revolutions’. We get in- Austrian Academy of Sciences in depth analysis and diversity of the assessments.” Vienna Pierre Grosser Arnold SUPPAN is former professor for the History of Eastern Europe at the University of Vienna Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2 Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3402-3406, +43-1-512 9050, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: [email protected] Contents: REVOLUTIONS: Gorbachev and the “New Thinking” (A. Grachev) – Poland 1989 (K. Bachmann) – Hungary 1989 (A. Oplatka) – The Tiananmen Square “Incident” (P. Vamos) – The Revolution in East Germany (H. H. Hertle) – Czechoslovakia in 1989 (J. Suk) – Yugoslavia 1989 (F. Bieber and A. Galijaš) – The End of Communist Rule in Bulga (U. Brunnbauer) – The Romanian Revolution (A. U. Gabanyi) –The “Singing Revolution” in the Baltic Republics (K. Brüggemann) REACTIONS: The Superpowers (N. M. Naimark) – The USSR (E. Zadorozhnyuk) – US Strategic Planning (Ph. Zeliko – The Reunification of Germany (A. von Plato) – The USSR and Germany (W. Mueller) – Margaret Thatcher and 1989 Larres) – France and 1989 (G. Saunier) – Italy and 1989 (A. Varsori) – Austria and Eastern Europe (A. Suppan) – Aus and 1989 (M. Gehler) AFTERMATH: Societal Transformations (D. Segert) – Remembering 1989 (L. Deyanova) – The “Archival Revolution” Prozumenshchikov) – NATO Enlargement (S. R. Sloan) – EU Enlargement (J. O’Brennan) – Epochal Changes (H. Mö – Chronology Bestellung/Order Send or fax to your local bookseller or to: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3402-3406, +43-1-512 905-0 Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: [email protected] UID-Nr.: ATU 16251605, FN 71839x Handelsgericht Wien, DVR: 0096385 Bitte senden Sie mir Exemplar(e) der genannten Publikation Please send me copy(ies) of the publication overleaf NAME The Revolutions of 1989. A Handbook ADRESSE / ADDRESS ORT / CITY ISBN 978-3-7001-7638-1 Print Edition LAND / COUNTRY ZAHLUNGSMETHODE / METHOD OF PAYMENT Visa Euro / Master American Express NUMMER Ablaufdatum / Expiry date: I will send a cheque Vorausrechnung / Send me a proforma invoice DATUM, UNTERSCHRIFT / DATE, SIGNATURE BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW, BLZ 11000), KONTO-NR. 00622 800 100, BAWAG/ÖSTERREICHISCHE POSTSPARKASSE, WIEN (IBAN AT976000000002365011, BIC OPSKATWW, BLZ 60000) KONTO-NR. 2365.011, DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC, BLZ 70070024), KONTO-NR. 2388270.
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