Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century--and After

✍ Scribed by R.j. Crampton

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 547
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Covering all key Eastern European states and their history right up to the collapse of communism, this second edition of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century – And After is a comprehensive political history of Eastern Europe taking in the whole of the century and the geographical area. Focusing on the attempt to create and maintain a functioning democracy, this new edition now: examines events in Bosnia and Herzegovina includes a new consideration of the evolution of the region since the revolutions of 1989–91 surveys the development of a market economy analyzes the realignment of Eastern Europe towards the West details the emergence of organized crime discusses each state individually includes an up-to-date bibliography. Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century – And After provides an accessible introduction to this key area which is invaluable to students of modern and political history.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of maps......Page 8
Preface to the first edition......Page 10
Preface to the second edition......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Abbreviations......Page 16
BEFORE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY......Page 22
THE INTER-WAR YEARS: AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY......Page 52
POLAND, 1918 39......Page 60
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1918 38......Page 78
HUNGARY, 1918 41......Page 99
THE BALTIC STATES, 1918 40......Page 116
ROMANIA, 1918 41......Page 128
BULGARIA, 1918 41......Page 140
YUGOSLAVIA, 1918 41......Page 151
ALBANIA, 1918 39......Page 165
IDEOLOGICAL CURRENTS IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD......Page 173
THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE......Page 200
THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVERS......Page 232
THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM......Page 261
EAST EUROPEAN STALINISM, 1948 53......Page 276
THE RETREAT FROM STALINISM, 1953 6......Page 296
EASTERN EUROPE, 1956 68......Page 328
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1968 9......Page 347
EASTERN EUROPE, 1969 80......Page 366
THE SOLIDARITY CRISIS, POLAND 1980 1......Page 388
EASTERN EUROPE, 1980 9......Page 400
THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1989 91......Page 412
SEPARATE ROADS TO DEMOCRACY;AND ELSEWHERE......Page 440
Notes......Page 480
Bibliography......Page 490
Index......Page 520

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