1. The Authoritarian One-party State In Eastern Europe In The Late 1980s
On the night of November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall-the most potent symbol of the cold war division of Europe-came down. ... The movement simply went underground, and the rebellious Poles organized their own civil society, separate from the Communist government and its edicts. ... As a result, Poland held its first competitive elections since before World War II, and in 1989, Solidarity formed the first non-Communist government within the Soviet bloc since 1948. ... The collapse of communism in East Central Europe and the Soviet Union marked the end of the cold war. ... The Soviet econo...
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