Table of Contents

1. Before the Twentieth Century Part 1: 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 Part 2:The Second World War in Eastern Europe 12. The Communist Takeovers 13. The Communist System 14. East European Stalinism, 1948–53 15. The Retreat from Stalinism, 1953–6 Part 3: Revisionism 16. Eastern Europe, 1956–68 17. Czechoslovakia, 1968–9 Part 4: The Decline of Socialism 18. Easturn Europe, 1969–80 19. The Solidarity Crisis, Poland 1980–81 Part 5: The Death of Socialism 20. Eastern Europe, 1980–9 21. The Revolutions of 1989–91

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