With the end of the Second World War a new world was forged. Taking readers from Berlin to Washington, from London to Moscow, and from Delhi to Shanghai, Victor Sebestyen vividly demonstrates that the first year of the peace was pivotal...

"Revolution 1989 "is the first in-depth, authoritative account of a few months that changed the world. At the start of 1989, six European nations were Soviet vassal states. By year's end, they had all declared national independence and...

Nach dem zerstörerischsten aller Kriege ordnet sich die Welt von Grund auf neu. Aber auch neue Konflikte entstehen: So eint in Indien Moslems und Hindus allein der Hass auf die britischen Kolonialherren, in China greifen die Kommunisten...

Shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical BiographyVictor Sebestyen's intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century. In...

For more than 40 years the Iron Curtain divided Europe. But in a few short months in 1989 the Soviet vassal states threw off Communism, declared national independence and embarked on the road to democracy. Award winning journalist and...

The dramatic story of Budapest, a city on the fault line between East and West in the heart of Europe. von Sebestyen, Victor

The dramatic story of Budapest, a city on the fault line between East and West in the heart of Europe. von Sebestyen, Victor