JIS XVIII 2006 CONTENTS
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
