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The Revolutions of 1989

The Revolutions of 1989
A Handbook
1. Auflage, 2014
Only a few people foresaw the sudden and momentous events of 1989: within weeks the seemingly unshakable communist regimes of Eastern Europe were washed away and with them the postwar international order. This book gives an overview over the national revolutions and external reactions. It contains chapters on the revolutions in all major countries of the former communist bloc as well as on the responses of all major international players. The first part examines the revolutionary events – from above and from below – in Eastern Europe as well as China and their backgrounds. The second part deals with Soviet and Western perceptions and responses. The third part focuses on the aftermath of the revolutions, on societal transformations, the acceptance of the new Central European democracies to NATO and the EU, and on the memory of 1989. “By far the best collective work on this topic … This book will be unique, and is much needed – at a time when social scientists continue to strive to understand the ‘Arab revolutions’.” Pierre Grosser “We get in-depth analysis and diversity of the assessments.” Pierre Grosser (An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. More information about the initiative and links to the Open Access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.)
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Acknowledgements
Page 1 - 2
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The Revolutions of 1989: An Introduction
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Gorbachev and the “New Political Thinking”
Page 33 - 46
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Poland 1989: The Constrained Revolution
Page 47 - 76
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Hungary 1989: Renunciation of Power and Power-Sharing
Andreas Oplatka
Page 77 - 92
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The Tiananmen Square “Incident” in China and the East Central European Revolutions
Page 93 - 112
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The October Revolution in East Germany
Page 113 - 136
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Czechoslovakia in 1989: Causes, Results, and Conceptual Changes
Page 137 - 160
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Yugoslavia 1989: The Revolutions that did (not) Happen
Page 161 - 176
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The End of Communist Rule in Bulgaria: The Crisis of Legitimacy and Political Change
Page 177 - 198
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The Romanian Revolution
Page 199 - 220
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“One Day We Will Win Anyway”: The “Singing Revolution” in the Soviet Baltic Republics
Page 221 - 246
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The Superpowers and 1989 in Eastern Europe
Page 249 - 270
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The USSR and the Revolutions of 1989–90: Questions of Causality
Page 271 - 282
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US Strategic Planning in 1989–90
Page 283 - 306
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Opposition Movements and Big Politics in the Reunification of Germany
Page 307 - 320
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The USSR and the Reunification of Germany, 1989–90
Page 321 - 354
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Margaret Thatcher and German Unification Revisited
Page 355 - 384
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France, the East European Revolutions, and the Reunification of Germany
Page 385 - 402
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Italy, the East European Revolutions, and the Reunification of Germany, 1989–92
Page 403 - 418
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Austria and its Neighbors in Eastern Europe, 1955–89
Page 419 - 436
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Austria, the Revolutions, and the Unification of Germany
Page 437 - 466
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Societal Transformations in Eastern Europe after 1989 and their Preconditions
Page 467 - 490
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Remembering Revolutions: The Public Memory of 1989 in Bulgaria
Page 491 - 508
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The Revolutions of 1989 and the “Archival Revolution” in the USSR
Page 509 - 524
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NATO Enlargement in the Beginning: An American Perspective
Page 525 - 552
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EU Enlargement, 1989–2009
Page 553 - 572
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Epochal Changes, 1989–91
Page 573 - 583
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1989: Ambivalent Revolutions with Different Backgrounds and Consequences
Page 587 - 604
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Chronology
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Bibliography, Abbreviations, Authors, Index
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Edition:
978-3-7001-7638-1, Print, paperback, 18.12.2014
Edition:
978-3-7001-7779-1, eBook, Digital, 18.12.2014
Edition:
1. Auflage
Pages:
705 Pages
Format:
24,7x18cm
Language:
English

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