Soviet-East European relations in transition.

The Bloc That Failed: Soviet-East European Relations in Transition (Midland Book)

Politics & Social Sciences

Gati, Charles

Politics & Government

Indiana University Press

... lucid and stimulating... " ―The New York Times Book Review
Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the new Eastern Europe and the collapse of Soviet control over it―informative and incisive." ―Zbigniew Brzezinski
Gati’s book... is the most current and best-informed study of this rapidly changing world.... Professor Gati is uniquely qualified to understand and give perspective to the impact of perestroika and Soviet ‘new thinking’ on the events in Eastern Europe." ―William H. Luers, Former U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
... a superb synthesis of the postwar evolution of Soviet-East European relations and the first up-to-date analysis of the revolutionary events in that part of the world in 1989." ―Michael Mandelbaum, Council on Foreign Relations
An up-to-date and lucid overview of the troubled course of Soviet-East European relations at time of momentous change in the Soviet bloc." ―Sarah M. Terry
... excellent analysis and synthesis... " ―Foreign Affairs
this book is written in a lively style and is a good scholarly synthesis of the post-Second World War evolution of Soviet-East European relations ending in the revolutionary events of 1989." ―Canadian Journal of Political Science
... a lively and perceptive account... " ―Military Review
Clearly and simply written, this book is particularly useful as a compact introduction to the prehistory and transformation of East European politics." ―Choice
It is well organized, readable, and sensitive to complexity; find the time to read it." ―History

The Bloc That Failed: Soviet-East European Relations in Transition

History

Russia

The International politics of Eastern Europe: Studies of the Institute on East Central Europe and the Research Institute on International Change, ... in international politics and government)

Columbia University

Praeger

1974 Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. Paperback. ISBN: 0672613514.

Caging the bear: Containment and the cold war

Bobbs-Merrill

Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt (Cold War International History Project)

Winner of the 2007 Marshall Shulman Prize The 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by the U.S.S.R., was a key event in the cold war, demonstrating deep dissatisfaction with both the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. But now, fifty years later, the simplicity of this David and Goliath story should be revisited, according to Charles Gati's new history of the revolt. Denying neither Hungarian heroism nor Soviet brutality, Failed Illusions nevertheless modifies our picture of what happened. Imre Nagy, a reform communist who headed the revolutionary government and turned into a genuine patriot, could not rise to the occasion by steering a realistic course between his people's demands and Soviet geopolitical and ideological interests. The United States was all talk, no action, while Radio Free Europe simultaneously backed the insurgents' unrealizable demands and opposed Nagy. In the end, the Soviet Union followed its imperial impulse instead of seeking a political solution to the crisis in the spirit of de-Stalinization. Failed Illusions is based on extensive archival research, including the CIA's operational files, and hundreds of interviews with participants in Budapest, Moscow, and Washington. Personal observations by the author, a young reporter in Budapest in 1956, bring the tragic story vividly to life.

Europe

Stanford University Press

Winner of the 2007 Marshall Shulman Prize The 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by the U.S.S.R., was a key event in the cold war, demonstrating deep dissatisfaction with both the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. But now, fifty years later, the simplicity of this David and Goliath story should be revisited, according to Charles Gati's new history of the revolt. Denying neither Hungarian heroism nor Soviet brutality, Failed Illusions nevertheless modifies our picture of what happened. Imre Nagy, a reform communist who headed the revolutionary government and turned into a genuine patriot, could not rise to the occasion by steering a realistic course between his people's demands and Soviet geopolitical and ideological interests. The United States was all talk, no action, while Radio Free Europe simultaneously backed the insurgents' unrealizable demands and opposed Nagy. In the end, the Soviet Union followed its imperial impulse instead of seeking a political solution to the crisis in the spirit of de-Stalinization. Failed Illusions is based on extensive archival research, including the CIA's operational files, and hundreds of interviews with participants in Budapest, Moscow, and Washington. Personal observations by the author, a young reporter in Budapest in 1956, bring the tragic story vividly to life.

Each chapter of Hungary and the Soviet Bloc begins with a reexamination of the received wisdom about relationships between the Soviet Union and Hungary and between the Soviet Union and the Eastern European states as a group.

Hungary and the Soviet Bloc

Duke Univ Pr

Foreign Affairs, Eastern European Studies

Hungary & Soviet Bloc - Pa

Duke University Press

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The Bloc That Failed: Soviet-East European Relations in Transition (Midland Book)

The Bloc That Failed: Soviet-East European Relations in Transition

The International politics of Eastern Europe: Studies of the Institute on East Central Europe and the Research Institute on International Change, ... in international politics and government)

Caging the bear: Containment and the cold war

Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt (Cold War International History Project)

Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt (Cold War International History Project)

Hungary and the Soviet Bloc

Hungary & Soviet Bloc - Pa