The enigma of 1989 : the USSR and the liberation of Eastern Europe /
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Berkeley, Calif. ; London :
University of California Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Meaning of Events That Changed the World
- Pt. I.The Place of Eastern Europe in Gorbachev's Political Project. 1.Gorbachev's Foreign Policy and the Nature of His Enterprise. 2. TheEuropean Initiative. 3. The Meaning of Soviet Immobilism in EasternEurope: From 1985 to the Summer of 1988. 4. The Second Half of 1988:The Turning Point
- Pt. II. 1989: The Apotheosis of the Soviet Union'sNew Foreign Policy. 5. Soviet Scenarios for Eastern Europe's Future atthe Beginning of 1989. 6. Poland: The Ideal Model. 7. Hungary: AnAcceptable (and Accepted) Evolution. 8. East Germany: The FatalAcceleration. 9. Bulgaria: The Most Faithful Ally until the Very End.10. Czechoslovakia: From Neglect to Paralysis. 11. Romania: The Tangleof Plots and Mysteries
- Pt. III. The Great Project's Ruin. 12. Afterthe Earthquake. 13. The Reunification and Status of Germany: The LastBattle for Europe. 14. The Agony and the End of the Warsaw Pact.