The end of the outer empire : Soviet-East European relations in transition, 1985-90
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The end of the outer empire : Soviet-East European relations in transition, 1985-90
The Royal Institute of International Affairs , SAGE Publications, 1992
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
It is remarkably easy to take revolutionary changes for granted after the event. Yet, as this fascinating account shows, the disappearance of communist rule in Eastern Europe was the result of a conjunction of long-term decay and collapse from within with a fundamental shift in the second half of the 1980s in the policy of the Soviet Union.
This study sheds light on the dynamics of the decline of an empire, on the complex interaction of economic, political and security factors in both domestic and foreign policy in shaping revolutionary change. It suggests that the East European states have to contend with a burdensome domestic and foreign policy legacy far more intractable than many initially assumed as they redefine their relations with the successor states of the Soviet Union, and with the rest of Eastern Europe, Europe and the rest of the world.
Table of Contents
Soviet Policy Towards Eastern Europe in Transition - Alex Pravda
Military Relations - Jonathan Eyal
Economic Relations - Alan Smith
Polish-Soviet Relations - George Sanford
Hungarian-Soviet Relations - Gabriel Partos
GDR-Soviet Relations - Adrian Hyde-Price
Czechoslovak-Soviet Relations - Borek Hnizdo
Romanian-Soviet Relations - Jonathan Eyal
Giving Up Illusions and Unravelling Ties - Jonathan Eyal
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