Gale stokes the walls came tumbling down offered one of the most respected interpretations of the east european revolutions of 1989 for many years it provides a sweeping yet vivid narrative of the two decades of developments that led from the prague spring of 1968 to the collapse of communism in 1989. Buy the walls came tumbling down collapse and rebirth in eastern europe 2 by stokes gale isbn 9780199732630 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. Stokes is the mary gibbs jones professor of history emeritus at rice university where he specialized in the history of russia and eastern europe especially the balkans and serbia his two best known books are from stalinism to pluralism a documentary history of eastern europe since 1945 and the walls came tumbling down which won the vucinich prize in 1994. The walls came tumbling down collapse and rebirth in eastern europe dec 10 2020 posted by danielle steel library text id 56721020 online pdf ebook epub library years it offers a sweeping yet vivid narrative of the two decades of developments that led from the prague spring of 1968 to the collapse of communism in 1989 highlights