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Opposition, Repression, and Cold War
Corina Snitar examines the student protests in Timisoara in 1956 following the Hungarian uprising of the same year. Snitar analyzes the students’ demands regarding Soviet …
The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class
The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class: Greed and Creed discusses the history of everyday life under state socialism and the ways in which post-1945 modernity …
The Concept of Neutrality in Stalin's Foreign Policy, 1945–1953
Drawing on recently declassified Soviet archival sources, this book sheds new light on how the division of Europe came about in the aftermath of World War II. The book contravenes …
The Legacy of the Cold War
The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be …
The Stalin Cult in East Germany and the Making of the Postwar Soviet Empire, 1945–1961
This book examines the construction, dissemination, and reception of the Stalin cult in East Germany from the end of World War II to the building of the Berlin Wall. By exporting …
Unified Military Industries of the Soviet Bloc
This book draws a subtle picture of Warsaw Pact economic and military cooperation by presenting a complete branch—the military industry—from the perspective of a smaller …
Stalin and the Turkish Crisis of the Cold War, 1945–1953
This book presents the ups and downs of the Soviet-Turkish relations during World War II and immediately after it. Hasanli draws on declassified archive documents from the United …
Stalin's Double-Edged Game
Raoul Wallenberg, the courageous Swedish businessman turned diplomat and savior of thousands of Jews in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944, was arrested in January 1945 by the Soviet …
Solidarity with Solidarity
The Polish crisis in the early 1980s provoked a great deal of reaction in the West. Not only governments, but social movements were also touched by the establishment of the …
Securing the Communist State
From Berlin to Bucharest, from Warsaw to Sofia, Soviet tanks crossed national borders across East Central Europe at the end of the Second World War. The arrival of the Red Army …
Dynamic Détente
This book examines the dynamic evolution of Western détente policies which sought to transform Europe and overcome its Cold War division through more communication and engagement. …
Mao and the Sino–Soviet Partnership, 1945–1959
Based on Chinese archival documents, interviews, and more than twenty years of research on the subject, Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia offer a comprehensive look at the Sino-Soviet …