Blood And Velvet In Eastern Europe's Season Of Change
Arvamus | 05 Nov 2009  | EWR
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Michael Hirshman, Ron Synovitz, RFE/RL
It was a tumultuous year in world history -- a year that saw the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism across much of Eastern Europe.

The revolutions of 1989 -- some peaceful and some violent, some popular revolts and some orchestrated within the Communist Party leadership -- cast aside Europe's Cold War dictators, paving the way for democracy and the free-market reforms of the 1990s.

The complete article is available on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website:
http://www.rferl.org/content/V...
 
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