Bibliograph

Eastern Europe since 1945, by Geoffrey Swain, Nigel Swain

Type

Label

Eastern Europe since 1945, by Geoffrey Swain, Nigel Swain

Language

eng

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eastern Europe since 1945

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1003862775

Responsibility statement

by Geoffrey Swain, Nigel Swain

Series statement

Springer

Summary

This book puts into context the unsuccessful socialist experiment in Eastern Europe. The first half concentrates on the years 1945-56, when the options for Eastern Europe were not entirely closed, and considers the period of non-Soviet socialism, the process of Soviet take over and the hope and despair of 1956. Thereafter the author discusses the economic failure of what was termed 'actually existing socialism', the optimism of reform in the 1960s fading to the neo-Stalinist triumph of the 1970s, and the economic and political stagnation which caused the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Chronology Introduction -- Revolution in Eastern Europe -- Different Roads to Socialism -- An End to Diversity 1956: Communism Renewed? -- Socialism in Operation -- Reform Communism or Economic Reform -- Neo-Stalinism Triumphant -- The Fall of Socialism -- Conclusion

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