Empowering Revolution

“[Empowering Revolution] is beyond a doubt the single best work on the subject currently available in English, and it is among the best new
studies of international politics behind the Iron Curtain to appear in years.” — Jeff Engel, Passport

“[A] richly detailed work of history.” — International Affairs

“Domber properly places in context the respective roles of the reform policies of the Reagan administration and the Gorbachev government.” — CHOICE

“A tour de force of new diplomatic history.” — Journal of Slavic Military Studies

“This important book will be of interest to historians and social scientists of Eastern Europe, social movements, and revolutions, and to political scientists and diplomatic historians as a case study and cautionary tale of the limits of diplomatic power.” — Journal of American History

“An absorbing account…based on meticulous research.” — Journal of American History

“A fine book which shall ignite controversy regarding where the credit lay for the overthrow of Communism.” — American Historical Review

“A subtle and thoroughly researched analysis of the U.S. part in Poland’s path to freedom.” — Slavic Review

“Domber’s overall argument for “empowering” is crisp and nuanced, while his intervention in the ongoing discussions of the US role in 1980s Poland is incisive.” — H-Net Reviews

“Empowering Revolution is well written, well structured, lapidary in its arguments, and very thoroughly researched. There is nothing like it in either English or Polish (or German or French). It is by far the most comprehensive treatment of this important subject, and Domber will be the most authoritative source on the late twentieth-century Polish state’s transition to democracy for many years to come.” — Mark Kramer,  director, Cold War Studies, Harvard University