pt. 1. 1942-1979
War brings license : 1942-48
Communism rises : 1949-77
The pope arms 150 divisions : 1978-79
pt. 2. 1980-1988
The working class strikes : 1980-81
The revolution winters : 1982-88
pt. 3. 1989
The "Polish disease" spreads : June-September
The wall opens up, the magic theater raises curtain : October-November
Gorbachev stumbles, Ceauşescu falls : December
Epilogue.