JIS XVIII 2006
PROPHETS OF POST-COMMUNISM:
TOWARD AN OPEN SOCIETY
ARTICLES
Michael E. Meagher: John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan:
The Challenge of Freedom 1
Oskar Gruenwald: Toward an Open Society:
The Enigma of the 1989 Revolution in Eastern Europe 25
Kazimierz Z. Sowa: Dissent and Civil Society in Poland 57
Leonidas Donskis: Aleksandras Shtromas:
The Lithuanian Prophet of Post-Communism 75
Georgy Fotev: Dissent and Civil Society in the Balkans 93
DISSIDENTS’ FORUM
Mihajlo Mihajlov: Appointment With Destiny: A Dissident’s Tale 113
Harry Wu: Classicide – Genocide in Communist China 121
Stephen Denney: Religion and Dissent in Vietnam 136
Edward Kim: An Open Letter to Christians: Human Rights in North Korea 153
Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat: The Cuban Civic Movement: Steps to Freedom 157
REVIEW ESSAY
Jesse J. Thomas: Rings, Wardrobes and Star Wars:
The Adventures of Tolkien, Lewis and Lucas 173
BOOK REVIEWS 191
BOOKS RECEIVED 217