A History of the People's Democracies: Eastern Europe Since Stalin
Author: François Fejtö
Publisher: Pall Mall Press
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: François Fejtö
Publisher: Pall Mall Press
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jonathan Steele
Publisher: Newton Abbot [Eng.] : David & Charles
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Vladimir Tismaneanu
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Will the nations of Eastern Europe become liberal democracies? How has more than 40 years of totalitarian rule transformed the East European psyche? How ill the emerging realities of Eastern Europe affect the rest of Europe and the world? In an effort to answer these questions, Romanian-born scholar Vladimir Tismaneuanu chronicles the turbulent history of this embattled region, from the decades of Soviet domination to the momentous events leading up to and following the Revolution of 1989. He views Eastern Europe as being on the threshold of a great opportunity -- to become reunited, through pan-European arrangements, with the West, and thereby recover its truly European identity. -- From publisher's description.
Author: Sten Berglund
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This text presents an introduction to the struggle between democracy and dictatorship in Eastern Europe since 1900. It is broken down into three different parts focusing on those time periods when experiments with democracy threatened to change the established order - the inter-war period, the democratic or semi democratic interlude in the wake of World War II until 1949 and the current experience with the new democracies. In discussing the struggle between democracy and dictatorship, the authors argue that the experience of Eastern Europe reveals the challenges which threaten democracy and the conditions necessary for the survival of democratic government.
Author: Ben Fowkes
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1349242187
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Communist parties came to power in a variety of ways, usually by force, often with the acquiescence of people who hoped for a better future. Then came the imposition of Stalinism. The book examines this, and subsequent crises in Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Author: Norman Naimark
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-07
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0429976216
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The collaborative effort of scholars from Russia and the United States, this book reevaluates the history of postwar Eastern Europe from 1944 to 1949, incorporating information gleaned from newly opened archives in Eastern Europe. For nearly five decades, the countries of Yugoslavia, Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet zone of Germany were forced to live behind the ?iron curtain.? Though their experiences under communism differed in sometimes fundamental ways and lasted no longer than a single generation, these nations were characterized by systematic assaults on individual rights and social institutions that profoundly shaped the character of Eastern Europe today. The emergence of the former People's Democracies from behind the iron curtain has been a wrenching process, but, as this book demonstrates, the beginning of the communist era was equally as traumatic as its end.With the opening of the archives in Russia and Eastern Europe, the contributors have been able to get a much firmer grasp on Soviet policies in the region and on East European responses and initiatives, which in turn has yielded more satisfying answers to vexing questions about Soviet intentions in the region and the origins of the Cold War. Exploring these events from a new, better-informed perspective, the contributors have made a valuable contribution to the historiography of postwar Europe.
Author: Misha Glenny
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 378
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Account of the 1989 revolution in Eastern Europe plus a new chapter bringing events up to date considering the long-term influences to determine the future of the region.