The Collapse of Communism by Lee Edwards

The Collapse of Communism by Lee Edwards

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Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and eight years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, experts continue to debate one of the most important political questions of the twentieth century - why did Communism collapse so suddenly? A comprehensive and often unexpected answer is provided in this unique volume of essays.

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The Collapse of Communism by Lee Edwards

Experts continue to debate one of the most important political questions of the twentieth century--why did Communism collapse so suddenly? These essays suggest that a wide range of forces--political, economic, strategic, religious, add the indispensable role of the principled statesman and the brave dissident--brought about the collapse of communism.
Dr. Lee Edwards is the Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought at The Heritage Foundation. A prolific writer, Lee Edwards' essays have appeared in Reader's Digest, National Review and such leading newspapers as the The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Detroit News, and The Washington Times. His fifteen books range from Ronald Reagan: A Political Biography, written in 1967 to Educating for Liberty: The First Half Century of ISI, written in 2003, and include Missionary for Freedom: The Life and Times of Walter Judd, Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution and The Conservative Revolution: The Movement that Remade America. Educated at Duke University, the Sorbonne (Paris) and the Catholic University of America, Dr. Edwards was a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and is now an Adjunct Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America. He was founding director of the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University, is past president of The Philadelphia Society and is Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Dr. Edwards and his wife Anne reside in Alexandria, Virginia.
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ISBN 13 9780817998127
ISBN 10 0817998128
Title The Collapse of Communism
Author Lee Edwards
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
Year published 1999-11-30
Number of pages 208
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