Comrades no more : the seeds of political change in Eastern Europe

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Comrades no more : the seeds of political change in Eastern Europe

Title remainder

the seeds of political change in Eastern Europe

Statement of responsibility

Renée de Nevers

Creator

• De Nevers, Renée

Subject

• Electronic books
• Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
• Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | General
• Politics and government
• SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
• SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
• Since 1945
• Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991
• Eastern Europe

Language

eng

Summary

In 1989, Soviet control over Eastern Europe ended when the communist regimes of the Warsaw Pact collapsed. These momentous and largely bloodless events set the stage for the end of the Cold War and ushered in a new era in international politics. Why did communism collapse relatively peacefully in Eastern Europe? Why did these changes occur in 1989, after more than four decades of communist rule? Why did this upheaval happen almost simultaneously in most of the Warsaw Pact? In Comrades No More, Renee de Nevers examines how internal and external factors interacted in the collapse of East European communism. She argues that Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union were necessary to start the process of political change in Eastern Europe, but domestic factors in each communist state determined when and how each country abandoned communism. A "demonstration effect" emerged as Hungary and Poland introduced reforms and showed that Moscow would not intervene to prevent political and economic changes.De Nevers analyzes the process of change in Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. She traces the pattern of reform in each country and shows how these patterns influenced their postcommunist political evolution

Member of

• BCSIA studies in international security

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

320.947/09/049

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

JN96.A58

LC item number

D4 2003eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

BCSIA studies in international security