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• catalog abstract "The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected. How did people divided for two generations by an Iron Curtain come so suddenly to dance together atop the Berlin Wall? Why did people who had once seemed resigned to their fate suddenly take their future into their own hands? Some analysts have explained the Revolution in economic terms, arguing that the Warsaw Pact countries could no longer compete with the West. But as George Weigel argues in this thought-provoking volume, people don't put their lives, and their children's futures, in harm's way simply for better cars, refrigerators, and TVs. Something else--something more--had to happen behind the iron curtain before the Wall came tumbling down. In The Final Revolution, Weigel argues that that "something" was a revolution of conscience. The human turn to the good, to the truly human, and, ultimately, to God, was the key to the political Revolution of 1989. Weigel provides an in-depth exploration of how the Catholic Church shaped the moral revolution inside the political revolution. Drawing on extensive interviews with key leaders of the human rights and resistance movements, he opens a unique window into the soul of the Revolution and into the hearts and minds of those who shaped this stirring vindication of the human spirit. Weigel also examines the central role played by Pope John Paul II in confronting what V'aclav Havel called communism's "culture of the lie," and he suggests what the future role of the Church might be in consolidating democracy in the countries of the old Warsaw Pact. The "final revolution" is not the end of history, Weigel concludes. It is the human quest for a freedom that truly satisfies the deepest yearnings of the human heart. The Final Revolution illustrates how that quest changed the face of the twentieth century and redefined world politics in the year of miracles, 1989.".
• catalog contributor b3661699.
• catalog coverage "Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-".
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: The Final Revolution. The Quest for the Millennium. Back to the Present. The Tyranny of the Political. The Priority of Conscience -- 1. Not by Politics Alone: Unwrapping the Revolution of 1989. The Standard Account: Mikhail Gorbachev Did It. The Realist Account: Ronald Reagan Did It. The Diplomatic Account: The Helsinki Final Act Did It. The Great Ideas: Economics and/or History Did It. The Heart of the Matter -- 2. Calling Good and Evil by Name: The Communist Lie Confronted. Signs Among the Onions. The Web of Mendacity. From Complicity to Resistance. Revolutionary Morality, Reconsidered. Breaking the Fever of Fear -- 3. Catholics and Commissars: 1917-1978. Opening Gambits. The Confrontation Intensified. John XXIII and the Spirit of Dialogue. Vatican II and the Catholic Human Rights Revolution. A New Ostpolitik: The Quest for a Reasonable Accommodation -- 4. The Wojtyla Difference. Whose Humanism? A Man for This Season. "Breathing Space" A Changed Game. Training for Moral Combat. Going on Offense: The Ostpolitik of John Paul II. Questions of Conviction -- 5. Poland: Igniting the Revolution. Saddling the Cow: Stalinist Poland, 1944-1956. The Years of the "Great Novena": 1956-1970. Prelude to Revolution: 1970-1978. The Rise of Solidarity: 1978-1981. The Hard Road to Freedom: 1982-1989. The Challenge of the Free Society -- 6. Czechoslovakia: A Church Reborn in Resistance. From Gigantism to "Normalization" A Taste of Ashes. Rebirth in Resistance. St. Agnes's Gentle Revolution. The Lazarus Church -- 7. No Monopolies on Virtue: Christian Conviction and the Democratic Prospect. The Communist Hangover. The Church Being Itself. Truth and Freedom. The Peace and Freedom Connection. Surprises from the Lord of History.".
• catalog description "The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected. How did people divided for two generations by an Iron Curtain come so suddenly to dance together atop the Berlin Wall? Why did people who had once seemed resigned to their fate suddenly take their future into their own hands? Some analysts have explained the Revolution in economic terms, arguing that the Warsaw Pact countries could no longer compete with the West. But as George Weigel argues in this thought-provoking volume, people don't put their lives, and their children's futures, in harm's way simply for better cars, refrigerators, and TVs. Something else--something more--had to happen behind the iron curtain before the Wall came tumbling down. In The Final Revolution, Weigel argues that that "something" was a revolution of conscience. The human turn to the good, to the truly human, and, ultimately, to God, was the key to the political Revolution of 1989. Weigel provides an in-depth exploration of how the Catholic Church shaped the moral revolution inside the political revolution. Drawing on extensive interviews with key leaders of the human rights and resistance movements, he opens a unique window into the soul of the Revolution and into the hearts and minds of those who shaped this stirring vindication of the human spirit. Weigel also examines the central role played by Pope John Paul II in confronting what V'aclav Havel called communism's "culture of the lie," and he suggests what the future role of the Church might be in consolidating democracy in the countries of the old Warsaw Pact. The "final revolution" is not the end of history, Weigel concludes. It is the human quest for a freedom that truly satisfies the deepest yearnings of the human heart. The Final Revolution illustrates how that quest changed the face of the twentieth century and redefined world politics in the year of miracles, 1989.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 255 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Final revolution.".
• catalog identifier "0195071603".
• catalog isFormatOf "Final revolution.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Final revolution.".
• catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-".
• catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern.".
• catalog subject "261.7/0943/09048 20".
• catalog subject "BX1396.4 .W45 1992".
• catalog subject "Communism and Christianity Catholic Church Europe, Eastern.".
• catalog subject "Communism and Christianity Catholic Church.".
• catalog subject "Communism and Christianity Europe, Eastern.".
• catalog subject "Revolutions Religious aspects Christianity.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Final Revolution. The Quest for the Millennium. Back to the Present. The Tyranny of the Political. The Priority of Conscience -- 1. Not by Politics Alone: Unwrapping the Revolution of 1989. The Standard Account: Mikhail Gorbachev Did It. The Realist Account: Ronald Reagan Did It. The Diplomatic Account: The Helsinki Final Act Did It. The Great Ideas: Economics and/or History Did It. The Heart of the Matter -- 2. Calling Good and Evil by Name: The Communist Lie Confronted. Signs Among the Onions. The Web of Mendacity. From Complicity to Resistance. Revolutionary Morality, Reconsidered. Breaking the Fever of Fear -- 3. Catholics and Commissars: 1917-1978. Opening Gambits. The Confrontation Intensified. John XXIII and the Spirit of Dialogue. Vatican II and the Catholic Human Rights Revolution. A New Ostpolitik: The Quest for a Reasonable Accommodation -- 4. The Wojtyla Difference. Whose Humanism? A Man for This Season. "Breathing Space" A Changed Game. Training for Moral Combat. Going on Offense: The Ostpolitik of John Paul II. Questions of Conviction -- 5. Poland: Igniting the Revolution. Saddling the Cow: Stalinist Poland, 1944-1956. The Years of the "Great Novena": 1956-1970. Prelude to Revolution: 1970-1978. The Rise of Solidarity: 1978-1981. The Hard Road to Freedom: 1982-1989. The Challenge of the Free Society -- 6. Czechoslovakia: A Church Reborn in Resistance. From Gigantism to "Normalization" A Taste of Ashes. Rebirth in Resistance. St. Agnes's Gentle Revolution. The Lazarus Church -- 7. No Monopolies on Virtue: Christian Conviction and the Democratic Prospect. The Communist Hangover. The Church Being Itself. Truth and Freedom. The Peace and Freedom Connection. Surprises from the Lord of History.".
• catalog title "The final revolution : the resistance church and the collapse of communism / George Weigel.".
• catalog type "text".