English Summary/英文概要： 1989 was a year of revolution: it marked the collapse of communism in Eastern and Central Europe and an end to an entire way of life for millions of people behind the Iron Curtain. Beginning in Hungary, the retreat from communism picked up speed over the summer when the Poles won an overwhelming victory in free elections over their pro-Soviet rulers. In the fall, East Germany and Czechoslovakia achieved freedom with surprisingly little violence. Only Romania, at the end of the year, witnessed a savage battle in the capital and the summary execution of the most notorious of Eastern Europe’s dictators, Nicolae Ceausescu.In "The Lost World of Communism", Peter Molloy, producer of the accompanying BBC series, collects first hand testimony of the people who lived in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania during the Cold War era, and reveals an astonishingly rich tapestry of experience that goes beyond the headlines of spies and surveillance, secret police and political corruption - in fact, many of the people remember their lives under communism as ’perfectly ordinary’ and even hanker for the ’security’ that it offered. From international figures like Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa, via the shadowy figures of Eastern Europe’s intelligence and security services to its ’ordinary’ citizens, the voices collected on Peter Molloy’s book evoke the moods, preoccupations and experiences of a world of that vanished almost overnight.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1989年是革命的一年：它标志着共产主义在东中欧的解体和上千万躲在铁幕后人生活的终结。当波兰人在自由选举上大胜前苏联统治者，匈牙利变开始脱离共产主义，此后变得一发不可收拾。秋季，东德和捷克轻而易举地就获得了胜利。只有罗马尼亚在年末，在其首都经历了一场血战，并臭名昭著的尼古拉 齐奥塞斯库的独裁统治。在消失的共产主义世界这本书中，BBC系列的制片人皮特 毛利收集了住在东德人民的生活，捷克和罗马尼亚在冷战期间的第一手资料，还揭露了新闻尚未报道的秘密警察与政治腐败-其实，很多人还记得他们在共产主义下极其简单的生活，甚至还很向往它所保证的安全。从像瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔和莱赫·瓦文萨这样的国际人物，通过东欧模棱两可的智慧以及它说保证给它“一般”民众的安全服务，本书收录的心声引起了共鸣，属于那个世界的成见和经历差点消迹。(ZSW)

皮特·毛利在作为BBC的制片人在历史和时政问题获奖无数。他写了消失的共产主义，还写了CIA，关于美国情报局的历史。《厌战》，关于化学和生物战事。《脏钱》关于国际财政犯罪。《烟草大战》，《苏伊士》，《清空天空》关于911事件。他现居伦敦。