Description

This book approaches the theme of Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism, telling a series of human stories to illuminate the paradox that rabid anti-Communism at times resembles Communism. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the former East Germany, she talks to erstwhile dissidents now victimized because they are named in old police registers; to low-level agents accused of crimes that were not crimes when committed; and to high officials who now run things just like before. She suggests that the best antidote to Communism may be, not revenge, but "tolerance and the rule of law."