Ideology in a Socialist State
Ideology in a Socialist State

Author: Ray Taras

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1984-12-13

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780521262712

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Analyzes the changes in ideology of Poland's rule from the October events of 1956 to the lifting of martial law in 1983 to suggest that ideological change has represented the regime's chief means of responding to a postwar cycle of crises.

Congressional Record
Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 1338

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

The Warsaw Pact Reconsidered
The Warsaw Pact Reconsidered

Author: Laurien Crump

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-02-11

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1317555309

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The Warsaw Pact is generally regarded as a mere instrument of Soviet power. In the 1960s the alliance nevertheless evolved into a multilateral alliance, in which the non-Soviet Warsaw Pact members gained considerable scope for manoeuvre. This book examines to what extent the Warsaw Pact inadvertently provided its members with an opportunity to assert their own interests, emancipate themselves from the Soviet grip, and influence Soviet bloc policy. Laurien Crump traces this development through six thematic case studies, which deal with such well known events as the building of the Berlin Wall, the Sino-Soviet Split, the Vietnam War, the nuclear question, and the Prague Spring. By interpreting hitherto neglected archival evidence from archives in Berlin, Bucharest, and Rome, and approaching the Soviet alliance from a radically novel perspective, the book offers unexpected insights into international relations in Eastern Europe, while shedding new light on a pivotal period in the Cold War.

Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996
Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996

Author: Piotr Wróbel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-27

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1135927014

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Located between the former Soviet Union and eastern Germany, Poland has the potential to become a political and economic bridge between the East and West. It is crucial to European security and stabilization; yet the list of reference books on recent Polish history is very short. This book fills that gap, providing information on Polish political, economic, and cultural history since 1945.

Communism in Europe
Communism in Europe

Author: William E. Griffith

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1483137430

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Communism in Europe: Continuity, Change, and the Sino-Soviet Dispute, Volume 1 focuses on the great changes in European communism and the role of several European Communist parties in Sino-Soviet rift. This book discusses the interaction between domestic and Sino-Soviet developments within the major European Communist states and parties. Organized into five chapters, this volume starts with an overview of the significant contribution of the Sino-Soviet rift in the consolidation of Polish moderation, ideological revisionism in Italian communism, and the extension of liberalization in Hungary. This text then examines the political and economic nationalism in Romania. Other chapters explore the internal retrogression and external rapprochement with Moscow in Yugoslavia. This book discusses as well the developments in European communism in general. The final chapter discusses the significance of the Tenth Congress of the Italian Communist Party (Partito comunista italiano). This book is a valuable resource for students, intellectual leaders, sociologists, and politicians.