Contents
Preface
1. Introduction: The Legacy and the Revolution
2. Regional Politics: No Promised Land
3. Country Politics: East Central Europe
Czechoslovakia: From Deliverance to Dissolution
Poland: Resilience Against Perversity
Hungary: The Rustle of Danger
4. Country Politics: South-Eastern Europe
Romania: The Elusive Middle Ground
Bulgaria: Oasis or Mirage?
Albania: The Beckoning Void
5. The Economy: The Painful Ascent
6. Nationalism: The Imprisoning Past
7. The Yugoslav Tragedy
8. The World Outside: New Company and Old
9. The Outlook: Precarious But Not Pre-Doomed
Notes
Bibliography
Index