Stalinism Revisited: The Establishment of Communist Regimes in East-Central Europe (Hardcover)

Introduction by Vladimir Tismaneanu

Part One : Stalinism ? a Takeover Model
KEN JOWITT: Stalinist Revolutionary Breakthroughs in Eastern Europe
VLADIMIR TISMANEANU: Diabolical Pedagogy and the (Il)logic of Stalinism in Eastern Europe
MARK KRAMER: Stalin, Soviet Policy, and the Consolidation of a Communist Bloc in Eastern Europe, 1944?53
ALFRED J. RIEBER: Popular Democracy: an Illusion?

Part Two : The Establishment of Communist Regimes
THOMAS W. SIMONS, Jr: Eastern Europe between the USSR and the West: Reflections on the Origins and Dynamics of the Cold War
AGNES HELLER: Legitimation Deficit and Legitimation Crisis in East European Societies
JOHN CONNELLY: The Paradox of East German Communism: From Non-Stalinism to Neo-Stalinism?
ANTONI Z. KAMINSKI, BARTLOMIEJ KAMINSKI: "Road to "People's Poland:" Stalin's Conquest Revisited

Part Three : Stalinism and Historiography
JANOS RAINER: Revisiting Hungarian Stalinism
BOGDAN CRISTIAN IACOB: Avatars of the Romanian Academy and the Historical Front (1948 versus1955)
EKATERINA NIKOVA: Bulgarian Stalinism Revisited
DORIN DOBRINCU: Historicizing a Disputed Theme: Anti-Communist Armed Resistance in Romania

Part Four : National or Revolutionary Breakthroughs?
BRADLEY ABRAMS: Hope Died Last: The Czechoslovak Road to Stalinism
CRISTIAN VASILE: Propaganda and Culture in Romania at the Beginning of the Communist Regime
SVETOZAR STOJANOVIC: Varieties of Stalinism in Light of the Yugoslav Case
DRAGOS PETRESCU: Community Building and Identity Politics in Gheorghiu-Dej's Romania (1956?1964)

List of Contributors
Index