The Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, 1945–89

This volume brings together a series of recent analyses spanning the whole period of Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. The essays - by Western, Russian, and East European experts - present a wide and varied picture of the period. The authors use newly available materials to investigate different aspects of Soviet-East European relations - party affairs, military and political coordination, cultural and mass media policies, as well as the crises and conflicts emerging from the relationship itself.

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: The Rise and Fall of the Communist Bloc; O.A.Westad - Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and the Marshall Plan; K.Kratky - The 1948 Soviet-Yugoslav Conflict and the Formation of the 'Socialist Camp'-Model; L.Gibianski - 1956: The Turning Point; K.Kersten - Language, Politics, and Ethnicity in Moldova; C.E.King - When the Mouse Challenges the Cat: Bessarabia in Post-War Soviet-Romanian Relations; A.Pop - Romania and Hungary 1985-1990: the Soviet Perspective; M.Hausleitner - The Kremlin's Impact on the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany (August 1989-March 1990); G.Wettig - Civil Resistance in the Soviet and East European Revolutions; A.Roberts - East European Mass Media: the Soviet Role; T.Goban-Klas & P.Kolsto - Conclusion: Soviet Foreign Policy Towards Her European Allies; I.Neumann - Index