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Autore |
Lévesque Jacques |
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The enigma of 1989 : the USSR and the liberation of Eastern Europe / / Jacques Lévesque ; translated from the French by Keith Martin [[electronic resource]] |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 267 p. ) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Regions & Countries - Europe |
History & Archaeology |
Eastern Europe |
Europe, Eastern Foreign relations Soviet Union |
Soviet Union Foreign relations Europe, Eastern |
Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989 |
Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: The Meaning of Events That Changed the World -- ; pt. I. The Place of Eastern Europe in Gorbachev's Political Project. ; 1. Gorbachev's Foreign Policy and the Nature of His Enterprise. ; 2. The European Initiative. ; 3. The Meaning of Soviet Immobilism in Eastern Europe: From 1985 to the Summer of 1988. ; 4. The Second Half of 1988: The Turning Point -- ; pt. II. 1989: The Apotheosis of the Soviet Union's New Foreign Policy. ; 5. Soviet Scenarios for Eastern Europe's Future at the Beginning of 1989. ; 6. Poland: The Ideal Model. ; 7. Hungary: An Acceptable (and Accepted) Evolution. ; 8. East Germany: The Fatal Acceleration. ; 9. Bulgaria: The Most Faithful Ally until the Very End. ; 10. Czechoslovakia: From Neglect to Paralysis. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on interviews and research "in Russia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and the other ex-Warsaw Pact countries, this book traces the nuances of each country's case as a set of continually changing, mutually reinforcing causes and effects."--Jacket. |
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