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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458952903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2006

ISBN

1-282-54566-3

9786612545665

1-84788-324-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McDermottKevin <1957->

StibbeMatthew

Disciplina

303.6/4094709045

947.084

Soggetti

Communism - Europe, Eastern

Electronic books.

Europe, Eastern History 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms; List of Archives and Archival Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; 1 Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe; Part I; 2 The Soviet-Yugoslav Split; 3 The SED, German Communism and the June 1953 Uprising; 4 Poland and Hungary, 1956; Part II; 5 Romania, 1945-89; 6 The Prague Spring; 7 Solidarity, 1980-1; Part III; 8 Negotiated Revolution in Poland and Hungary, 1989; 9 'To Learn from the Soviet Union is to Learn How to Win'; 10 Revolution and Revolt against Revolution; 11 Afterword; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.