Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-498) and index.
1. Before the Twentieth Century -- Pt. I. The inter-war period -- 2. The Inter-War Years: An Introductory Survey -- 3. Poland, 1918-39 -- 4. Czechoslovakia, 1918-38 -- 5. Hungary, 1918-41 -- 6. The Baltic States, 1918-40 -- 7. Romania, 1918-41 -- 8. Bulgaria, 1918-41 -- 9. Yugoslavia, 1918-41 -- 10. Albania, 1918-39 -- 11. Ideological Currents in the Inter-War Period -- Pt. II. Totalitarianism -- 12. The Second World War in Eastern Europe -- 13. The Communist Takeovers -- 14. The Communist System -- 15. East European Stalinism, 1948-53 -- 16. The Retreat from Stalinism, 1953-6 -- Pt. III. Revisionism -- 17. Eastern Europe, 1956-68 -- 18. Czechoslovakia, 1968-9 -- Pt. IV. The decline of socialism -- 19. Eastern Europe, 1969-80 -- 20. The Solidarity Crisis, Poland 1980-1 -- Pt. V. The death of socialism -- 21. Eastern Europe, 1980-9 -- 22. The Revolutions of 1989-91 -- Pt. VI. After the twentieth century -- and after eastern Europe? -- 23. Separate Roads to Democracy -- and Elsewhere.