Stalinism Revisited
The Establishment of Communist Regimes in East-Central Europe
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
104361Language
EnglishAbstract
"Deals with the period of takeover and of ‘high Stalinism’ in Eastern Europe (1945–1955). These years are considered to be fundamentally characterized by institutional and ideological transfers based upon the premise of radical transformism and of cultural revolution. Both a balance-sheet and a politico-historical synthesis that reflects the archival and thematic novelties which came about in the field of communism studies after 1989.
Contains contributions analyzing various aspects related these topics for each country of the former Soviet bloc (with the exception of Albania). The essays are based on new archival research, some are reassessments of the author’s previous research and others are critical appraisals of the specific literature published on issues related to the main topic. A path-breaking comparative framework for interpreting the relationship between late Stalinism and the communist takeovers in former Eastern Europe. A bonus for the volume is that it also provides detailed, sectorial analyses for the Romanian case, something that the field paritcularly lacks."
Keywords
communism; stalinism; foreign relations; soviet unionDOI
10.7829/9786155211812ISBN
9789639776630, 9789639776555, 9786155211812Publisher
Central European University PressPublisher website
http://ceupress.com/Publication date and place
Hungary, 2009Grantor
Classification
European history
History and Archaeology
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
Far-left political ideologies and movements
Eastern Europe
Central Europe
c 1950 to c 1959