Weiner provides a detailed examination of the history of the area; the causes of the Revolutions of 1989; and the key problems associated with the post-communist transition. In addition to a country-by-country analysis, Weiner looks at possible models of change and foreign policy in the region.
An up-to-date examination of the causes and consequences of the East European Revolutions of 1989.| Acknowledgments |
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| The Rise and Fall of Communism |
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| Introduction |
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| Take-Over, Stalinism, and De-Stalinization |
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| Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia: 1956-1989 |
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| The Post-Communist Transition |
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| Poland |
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| Hungary |
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| The Czech and Slovak Republics |
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| Bulgaria |
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| Romania |
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| The Former Yugoslavia |
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| Albania |
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| Foreign Policy |
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| Conclusion |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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ROBERT WEINER is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Fellow at the Russian Research Center, Harvard University.