"The specter of communism that held sway over much of the twentieth century has been effectively laid to rest. But the evil it inflicted on many millions of people during that period should not be forgotten. Eyewitness: Writings from the Ordeal of Communism is intended to serve as a witness to that past and a warning to future generations." "Composed of telling, often searing, excerpts from many eloquent testimonies - including Milovan Djilas, Elena Bonner, Vladimir Bukovsky, Leonid Plyushch, Natan Sharansky, Petro Grigorenko, and Anatoly Marchenko - Eyewitness speaks to the disillusion, the degradation, the despair, the loneliness and agony, and the occasional triumphs that formed the essence of the defector's apostasy."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved