Held, Joseph.

Dictionary of East European history since 1945 / Joseph Held.

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

x, 509 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Eastern Europe has been in ongoing crisis since the breakup of the Soviet Union. This book is the only comprehensive one-volume dictionary on East European personalities, politicians, and history since 1945. It provides basic, up-to-date information on the events and background that have led up to the current crisis. A valuable source for students and others trying to understand today's conflicts, the volume covers all of the countries that were part of the colonial empire of the Soviet Union - Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, Romania, and former Yugoslavia. In an introductory essay, Held begins with an overview of the region's general characteristics and history prior to 1945. The volume is then divided into separate sections on each country. Each section includes basic information about the country, a map, and a chronology followed by entries, arranged alphabetically, on people, places, political parties, and events that have shaped the country's history since 1945.

0313265194 (alk. paper)
9780313265198 (alk. paper)

History.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
Wörterbuch
Geschichte
Europe, Eastern History 1945- Dictionaries.
Europe de l'Est Histoire 1945- Dictionnaires anglais.
Eastern Europe
Ostblock
Osteuropa
Geschichte 1945-1993
History (Europe)

Bibliography
Dictionary
Dictionaries.
bibliographies.
dictionaries.
Bibliographies
History
Dictionnaires.

East European history since 1945.

Localisation: Bibliothèque study room 212403
Cote: DJK50 .H4 1994
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