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Revolution and resistance in Eastern Europe : challenges to communist rule / edited by Kevin McDermott and Matthew Stibbe

Published
Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages)
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McDermott, Kevin, 1957- and Stibbe, Matthew
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English.
Contents
Revolution and resistance in Eastern Europe: an overview / Kevin McDermott and Matthew Stibbe -- The Soviet-Yugoslav split / Leonid Gibianskii -- The Sed, German communism and the 17 June 1953 uprising: new trends and new research / Matthew Stibbe -- Poland and Hungary, 1956: a comparative essay based on new archival findings / Johanna Granville -- Romania, 1945-89: resistance, protest and dissent / Dennis Deletant -- The Prague spring: from elite liberalisation to mass movement / Kieran Williams -- Solidarity, 1980-1: the second Vistula miracle? / Bartosz Kaliski -- Negotiated revolution in Poland and Hungary, 1989 / Nigel Swain -- To learn from the Soviet Union is to learn how to win: the East German revolution 1989-90 / Peter Grieder -- Revolution and revolt against revolution: Czechoslovakia, 1989 / James Krapfl -- Afterword: East or West? / Tony Kemp-Welch.
Summary
The history of Eastern Europe during the Cold War is one punctuated by protest and rebellion. This book offers a firm grounding in the tumultuous decades of communist rule, which is essential to understanding the contemporary politics of Eastern Europe. It provides an analysis of the varying forms of dissent in the East European socialist states.
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ISBN
1847883249 (electronic bk.)
9781847883247 (electronic bk.)
1282545663
9781282545663
9786612545665
6612545666
1845202597 (pbk.)
9781845202590 (pbk.)
9781847883247
1845202589 (cloth)
9781845202583 (cloth)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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