Mart Laar?s book ?The Power of Freedom? offers an unprecedentedly compact overview of the history of Central and Eastern Europe since 1945. The author covers topics ranging from Red Terror and anti-commumist resistance in Eastern Europe to reasoning why communism fails and freedom works, all delivered by a historian who lived on the isolated side of the Iron Curtain. Additionally, Mart Laar?s role at the epicentre of economic reforms as Estonia?s Prime Minister provides a basis for particularly insightful analyses on post-communist reforms and European integration.
"The Power of Freedom" describes a gripping journey through the history of Central and Eastern Europe, mapping the anticommunist resistance and the changes of 1989. It offers a detailed analysis of alternative models of post-communist transition and successful integration of Central and Eastern European countries into the Euro–Atlantic structures. It is a book about courage and solidarity. It is also a book about freedom and democracy winning over fear and oppression.
