pt. 1. 1942-1979
War brings license : 1942-48
Communism rises : 1949-77
The pope arms 150 divisions : 1978-79
pt. 2. 1980-1988
The working class strikes : 1980-81
The revolution winters : 1982-88
pt. 3. 1989
The "Polish disease" spreads : June-September
The wall opens up, the magic theater raises curtain : October-November
Gorbachev stumbles, Ceauşescu falls : December
Epilogue.
There is no freedom without bread! : 1989 and the civil war that brought down communism by Konstantin Pleshakov. ISBN 9780374289027. Published by Farrar, Straus Giroux in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.