The enigma of 1989 : the USSR and the liberation of Eastern Europe / Keith Martin and Jacques Lévesque.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Geral-Keith, author.

Lévesque, Jacques, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Europe, Eastern.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.

Soviet Union.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1985-1991.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1997]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments and Notes on Sources

Introduction: The Meaning of Events That Changed the World

CHAPTER ONE. Gorbachev's Foreign Policy and the Nature of His Enterprise

CHAPTER TWO. The European Initiative

CHAPTER THREE. The Meaning of Soviet Immobilism in Eastern Europe

CHAPTER FOUR. The Second Half of 1988

CHAPTER FIVE. Soviet Scenarios for Eastern Europe's Future at the Beginning of 1989

CHAPTER SIX Poland The Ideal Model

CHAPTER SEVEN. Hungary An Acceptable (and Accepted) Evolution

CHAPTER EIGHT. East Germany The Fatal Acceleration

CHAPTER NINE. Bulgaria The Most Faithful Ally until the Very End

CHAPTER TEN. Czechoslovakia From Neglect to Paralysis

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Romania

PART III. The Great Project's Ruin

CHAPTER TWELVE. After the Earthquake

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Reunification and Status of Germany The Last Battle for Europe

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Agony and the End of the Warsaw Pact

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520338944

0520338944

OCLC:

1153513690