The Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, 1945–89

Description

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. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction: The Rise and Fall of the Communist Bloc....Pages 1-8 Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and the Marshall Plan....Pages 9-25 The 1948 Soviet—Yugoslav Conflict and the Formation of the ‘Socialist Camp’ Model....Pages 26-46 1956 — The Turning Point....Pages 47-62 Soviet Policy in the Annexed East European Borderlands: Language, Politics and Ethnicity in Moldova....Pages 63-93 When the Mouse Challenges the Cat: Bessarabia in Post-War Soviet—Romanian Relations....Pages 94-109 East European Mass Media: The Soviet Role....Pages 110-136 Romania and Hungary 1985–90: The Soviet Perspective....Pages 137-149 The Kremlin’s Impact on the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany (August 1989–March 1990)....Pages 150-174 Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions of 1989–91....Pages 175-206 Conclusion: Soviet Foreign Policy Towards Its European Allies....Pages 207-222 Back Matter....Pages 223-234