Revolution and resistance in Eastern Europe: an overview / Kevin McDermott and Matthew Stibbe -- The Soviet-Yugoslav split / Leonid Gibianskii -- The Sed, German communism and the 17 June 1953 uprising: new trends and new research / Matthew Stibbe -- Poland and Hungary, 1956: a comparative essay based on new archival findings / Johanna Granville -- Romania, 1945-89: resistance, protest and dissent / Dennis Deletant -- The Prague spring: from elite liberalisation to mass movement / Kieran Williams -- Solidarity, 1980-1: the second Vistula miracle? / Bartosz Kaliski -- Negotiated revolution in Poland and Hungary, 1989 / Nigel Swain -- To learn from the Soviet Union is to learn how to win: the East German revolution 1989-90 / Peter Grieder -- Revolution and revolt against revolution: Czechoslovakia, 1989 / James Krapfl -- Afterword: East or West? / Tony Kemp-Welch.
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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.
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