Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. The Interwar Background
2. World War II
3. The Communists Come to Power
4. The Dialectics of Stalinism and Titoism
5. The Revenge of the Repressed: East Central Europe Reasserts
Itself
6. A Precarious Stalemate
7. The Various Endgames
8. The Return to Europe
Notes
Suggested Readings
Index
The late Joseph Rothschild served as Class of 1919 Professor of
Political Science and Associate of the Institute on East Central
Europe at Columbia University. His books include Ethnopolitics: A
Conceptual Framework (1981), East Central Europe Between the Two
World Wars (1974), Pilsudski's Coup d'État (1966), and The
Communist Party of Bulgaria (1959.
Nancy M. Wingfield is Professor of History at Northern Illinois
University. She is author of Flag Wars and Stone Saints: How the
Bohemian Lands Became Czech (forthcoming in 2007); editor of
Creating the Other: Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism in Habsburg
Central Europe (2003); and coeditor, with Maria Bucur, of Gender
and War in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe (2006) and Staging the
Past: The Politics of Commemoration in Habsburg Central Europe,
1848 to the Present (2001).
"For twenty years, Return to Diversity has been recognized as the
best text in its field. Now in its fourth edition, the text is
better than ever. Updated throughout, this text provides a
reliable, clear, and scholarly narrative of the major events,
persons, and trends in East Central Europe since World War II.
Written with a non-specialist American audience in mind, Return to
Diversity presents a sophisticated narrative of political and
economic change in the region."--Theodore R. Weeks, Southern
Illinois University
"This text fills a special niche, providing a succinct and
accessible summary of a complex political history. For a concise
yet scholarly political history of East Central Europe, there is
nothing comparable. This clear and intelligent book will be useful
to students and general readers alike."--Perspectives on Political
Science
"Essential reading for both students and their professors to obtain
a balanced account of the nations of East Central Europe since the
Second World War."--Peter Black, George Mason University
"For twenty years, Return to Diversity has been recognized as the
best text in its field. Now in its fourth edition, the text is
better than ever. Updated throughout, this text provides a
reliable, clear, and scholarly narrative of the major events,
persons, and trends in East Central Europe since World War II.
Written with a non-specialist American audience in mind, Return to
Diversity presents a sophisticated narrative of political and
economic change in the region."--Theodore R. Weeks, Southern
Illinois University
"This text fills a special niche, providing a succinct and
accessible summary of a complex political history. For a concise
yet scholarly political history of East Central Europe, there is
nothing comparable. This clear and intelligent book will be useful
to students and general readers alike."--Perspectives on Political
Science
"Essential reading for both students and their professors to obtain
a balanced account of the nations of East Central Europe since the
Second World War."--Peter Black, George Mason University
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