The Columbia History of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

As Eastem Europe suffers wave after wave of cataclysmic events. The Columbia History of Eastem Europe in the Twentieth Century provides the historical and political background that explains recent happenings clearly, and accessibly.
Organized by region, chapters by highly regarded specialists, includingb Stephen Fischer-Galati, Sharon L. Wolchik, Dimitrije Djordjevic, Melvin Croan, and Ivan Völgyes, focus on Albania, Bulgaria, the former Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, and what was once East Germany. They provide an interpretive overview of each country's history, particularly political developments, and include references to relevant social, cultural, and economic events. This one-volume history includes maps and chronologies.

”The most up-to-the-minute accounting in bound form of the swift changes fiat have transformed the landscape of Eastern Europe in this century... The handbook of choice for the study of Eastern Europe."
– New England Review of Books