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chewz · 2017-10-03 · Original thread
Try Timothy Garton Ash

- The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague - https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Lantern-Revolution-Witnessed-Bu...

- The Polish Revolution https://www.amazon.com/Polish-Revolution-Timothy-Garton-Ash/

But Ash is controversial author with strong opinions not a historian.

Also Victor Sebestyen Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-1989-Fall-Soviet-Empire-eb...

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