The fall of communism in Europe is now the frame of reference for any mass mobilization, from the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement to Brexit.
Even thirty years on, 1989 still figures as a guide and motivation for political change.
It is now a platitude to call 1989 a world event, but the chapters in this volume show how it actually became one.
Central European University Press Long 1989. decades of global revolution, hardback/***
