Communism and its CollapseRanging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s this study examines Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these countries, including: Any student or scholar of European history will find this an essential addition to their reading list. |
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... Hungary, and how communism worked in Czechoslovakia and Poland the complex processes bringing an end to communist rule in the 1980s rival historiographical interpretations of the whole mechanism of change. Communism and its Collapse is ...
... Hungary, and how communism worked in Czechoslovakia and Poland the complex processes bringing an end to communist rule in the 1980s rival historiographical interpretations of the whole mechanism of change. Communism and its Collapse is ...
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... Hungary , and how communism worked in Czechoslovakia and Poland the complex processes bringing an end to communist rule in the 1980s rival historiographical interpretations of the whole mechanism of change . Communism and its Collapse ...
... Hungary , and how communism worked in Czechoslovakia and Poland the complex processes bringing an end to communist rule in the 1980s rival historiographical interpretations of the whole mechanism of change . Communism and its Collapse ...
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... Hungarian uprising suppressed by Red Army Khrushchev purges ' Anti - Party Group ' opposed to his leadership Fidel Castro's 26 July Movement comes to power in Cuba Soviet technicians withdrawn from China ; emergence of Sino - Soviet ...
... Hungarian uprising suppressed by Red Army Khrushchev purges ' Anti - Party Group ' opposed to his leadership Fidel Castro's 26 July Movement comes to power in Cuba Soviet technicians withdrawn from China ; emergence of Sino - Soviet ...
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... Hungary dismantles its Iron Curtain Solidarity landslide in Polish general election ; Tiananmen Square massacre in China Solidarity - led government appointed in Poland Hungary permits exodus of East Germans to West Breaching of Berlin ...
... Hungary dismantles its Iron Curtain Solidarity landslide in Polish general election ; Tiananmen Square massacre in China Solidarity - led government appointed in Poland Hungary permits exodus of East Germans to West Breaching of Berlin ...
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... Hungarian People's Republic 1949 93 11 German Democratic Republic 1949 108 17 Chinese People's Republic 1949 9,561 1069 Republic of Cuba 1959 115 10 4 7 47 ( non - market economy ) lower middle - income ( non - market economy ) low ...
... Hungarian People's Republic 1949 93 11 German Democratic Republic 1949 108 17 Chinese People's Republic 1949 9,561 1069 Republic of Cuba 1959 115 10 4 7 47 ( non - market economy ) lower middle - income ( non - market economy ) low ...
Contents
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The establishment of communist rule | 11 |
National communism in Eastern Europe | 21 |
The limits of reform | 30 |
A system in decline | 41 |
Transition from below | 52 |
Transition from above | 61 |
Explaining communist collapse | 71 |
Further reading 888888 | 82 |
Index | 88 |
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