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Perestroika

What was the purpose behind Gorbachev's perestroika? Characterize the reaction to it from Communist Party hardliners.



Link 1

( http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/pere.html )
Solidarity and the Polish Crisis, 1980-81

Link 1

( http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/iron_curtain/timelines/... )
Link 2

( http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=va2.browse&sort=Collection... )
Link 3

( http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/poland.htm )
Havel and the Velvet Revolution

Who is Vaclav Havel and what was his role in Czechoslovakia's non-violent revolution?



Link 1

( http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/vhavel.htm )
Link 3

( http://www.crosscurrents.org/capps.htm )
The Revolutions of 1989

Discuss the spirit evinced in the quotations and connect them to the insights from the secondary source.



Link 1

( http://www.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/lect24.htm )
Collapse of Communism: A Marxist Perspective

How does the author explain why the Soviet regime failed?



Link 1

( http://eserver.org/history/collapse-of-ussr.txt )







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