xxxvi, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-541) and index.
Contents
Zero Hour -- Victors -- Communists -- Policemen -- Violence -- Ethnic Cleansing -- Youth -- Radio -- Politics -- Economics -- Enemies: Religion -- Enemies: Inside and Outside the Party -- Homo Sovieticus -- Socialist Realism -- Ideal Cities -- Collaborators...and Reluctant Sympathizers -- Passive Opponents -- Revolutions -- Epilogue.
Summary
Discusses the creation of the Communist regimes that took hold in Eastern Europe at the end of World War II and describes what daily life was like in these countries.