Books by Robert Weiner

Provides a range of articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. This book includes an annotated table of contents, an annotated listing of supporting websites, learning outcomes and a brief view for each unit. It also provides an online instructor's resource guide with testing material.

The Revolutions of 1989 were a surprise to Kremlinologists because their models of change overestimated the staying power of ruling communist elites; The Revolutions were the result of a prolonged systemic crisis of communism, combined with the unwillingness of Gorbachev to use force to maintain the Eastern European rulers in power.