Eastern Europe 1945-1969
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Broad National Front
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Chinese Communist Party
Cold War history
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Communist Parties
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Croat Peasant Party
East Central Europe
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Factory Council Elections
Factory Councils
Goli Otok
hungarian
Hungarian Communist Leader
Independent Socialist Party
Ken Jowitt
King Carol II
Lavrenty Beria
Local Trade Union Branches
mastny
nikola
Nikola Petkov
petkov
planned economies
political repression
Post-1945 Eastern Europe
postwar Eastern bloc analysis
ROH
SED
Small Scale Peasant Agriculture
social transformation
South Eastern
South Eastern Zone
Sovietisation
vojtech
Warsaw Pact
West Germany
yugoslav
Yugoslav Communists
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Product details
- ISBN 9781138836099
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Feb 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Here is an essential short guide to the history of Eastern Europe under the early decades of communist rule. The study explores the communists attempt to transpose a uniform economic and social system across the region copied from the Soviet model. Dr Fowkes shows how this did not always succeed and he reveals the local variations which became more pronounced after the death of Stalin. The book includes detailed analysis of the dramatic events in Poland and Hungary and in the assessment section there is a useful summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the communist model in its heyday.
It is an illuminating study, full of maps and photographs as well as over 30 documents (most previously unavailable in English) which brings this complex subject alive. and helps us to understand the special conditions the people of the region have faced in catching up with the West both in terms of material prosperity and more recently in the establishment of democratic political systems.
