... lucid and stimulating... --The New York Times Book ReviewEssential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the new Eastern Europe and the collapse of Soviet control over it--informative and incisive. --Zbigniew BrzezinskiGati's book... is the most current and best-informed study of this rapidly changing world.... Professor Gati is uniquely qualified to understand and give perspective to the impact of perestroika and Soviet 'new thinking' on...