The rise and fall of communism in Eastern Europe

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contents

1. Introduction
2. The Seizure of Power: The Northern Tier
3. The Seizure of Power: Hungary and the Agrarian South
4. High Stalinism
5. Eastern Europe after Stalin
6. The Quiet Years, 1957-68
7. Czechoslovakia in 1968: Climax and Defeat of Reform Communism
8. The Brezhnev Years: Dithering at the Top and Revolt from Below
9. The Premature Revolution: Poland 1980-81
10. Decline and Fall.