Vladimir Tismaneanu

El diablo en la Historia es un análisis provocativo de la relación entre el comunismo y el fascismo. Como reflejo de las experiencias personales del autor en el totalitarismo comunista. El autor compara brillantemente el comunismo y el fascismo. Esta afinidad del leninismo con el nazismo es una afirmacion que desde1945, y en particular la Guerra Fria, ha generado mucha controversia.Examina la apelacion ideologica inherente de estos movimientos politicos radicales, revolucionarias, las visiones de la salvacion y la revolucion, el valor y los tipos decarisma de los lideres dentro de estos movimientos.

Reinventing Politics gives an account of East European politics from the time of Soviet domination to the 1989-90 revolutions, and considers the effect of tyranny on East European culture and politics, the chances for successful and harmonious development in the region, and its relationship with the rest of Europe.Using primary materials from Eastern European democratic movements, Tismaneanu shows how dissident enclaves, grassroots political groups, independent unions and underground initiatives spearheaded the spontaneous outbursts of discontent that led to the nonviolent collapse of communist dictatorshipsIn an illuminating, exciting comparative analysis of the breakup of the Soviet Unions outer empire, Tismaneanu identifies bureaucratic inertia, renascent authoritarian tendencies and the lure of populist adventurers as key obstacles to democracy. Publishers Weekly