Daniels strives to put "perestroika" in its long-term historical perspective by placing it in a broad theory of revolutionary process, within the context of Leninism, Stalinism and Brezshnevism.
`..it is a pleasure to turn to something as lucid, san and astute as Robert V. Daniels' The End of the Communist Revolution...I unhesitatingly recommend as essential reading for anyone interested in teh dynamics of the post-Soviet revolution. - Washington Post