The United States and Eastern Europe

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Róbert F. Byrnes, Editor
Introduction
Stephen D. Kertesz
The Land and Peoples
in History
Area, 5; Recent Territorial Changes, 6; Peoples, 7;
Internál and External Forces, 9; Early History, 11; Emergence of National Kingdoms, 11;
Ottoman Conquest and Rule, 14; Hungary and
Transylvania, 15; The Hapsburgs and Russia,
16; Poland's Fate, 16; Russian Expansion, 17;
The Hapsburg Lands, 17; The Nationality
Problem, 18; The Decline of the Concert of
Europe, 20; The First World War, 21; After
1918, 22.
Alvin Z. Rubinstein
Politics and Political Change
The Transmutation of Soviet Authority, 30;
Military Affairs, 31; The Political Factor in
Economic Integration, 31; The International
Communist Conference, 33; Continuity and
Change in Communist Party Oligarchies, 34;
Leaderships, 35; Policies in Action, 39; Yugoslavia's Opening Society, 39; Hungary, 42;
Poland, 42; Czechoslovakia, 43; Bulgaria, 44;
Romania, 44; The Succession Problem, 46;
Constitutionalism and Governmental Processes,
47; Yugoslav Innovations, 48; The Hiatus in
Governmental Reform, 52; Somé Observations,
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Nicolas Spulber
Economic Modernization 57
Patterns of Industrialization, 58; Polish Program
Before World War II, 58; Hungary, 59;
Romania, 59; The Postwar Pattern, 60; Postwar Emphases and Results, 61; Strategies, 61;
Shifts in Composition of National Product, 62;
Industrial Growth, 62; Changing Manpower
Supply, Composition, and Growth, 64; Urbanization, 65; Employment Patterns, 65; Increasing
Technical Manpower, 66; Changing Inter-industry Relations, 68; Impact of Collectivization, 68;
Changes Within Agriculture, 69; Foreign Trade,
70; Economic Fluctuations and System Redesigning, 72; The Soviet Model and Its Consequences,
72; New Systems of Management and Planning,
74; Conclusions, 76.
R. V. Burks
Social Forces and Cultural
Change
81
The Effort at Sovietization: 1944-1956, 83; Socialist
Realism, 84; The Iron Curtain, 85; Persecution
of the Churches, 86; Educational Change, 88;
Counter-Forces and Counter-Trends: 1950-
1967, 89; The New Class, 90; The Youth, gl;
Destalinization, 92; Tourism, 95; Cultural
Exchange, 95; The Resurgence of National
Cultures: 1956-196'], 96; Romania, 97; The
Cultural and Social Outlook, 98.
Kurt L. London
Eastern Europe in the Communist
World
Background, 102; The Drive for Communist
Cohesion, 104; The Cominform, 104; Council
for Economic Mutual Assistance, 106; The
Warsaw Treaty Organization, 106; The Emergence of Polycentrisrn, 108; The Socialist Com-
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monwealth, 110; Diviswe Issues, 112; The
igóo's, 116; Poland, 117; Eastern Germany, 117;
Hungary, 118; Czechoslovakia, 118; Bulgaria,
118; Romania, 119; Albania, 119; Yugoslavia,
120; Somé Conclusions, 121.
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John C. Campbell
Europe, East and West 125
The Rigid Lines of the Cold War, 128; The
Beginnings of Relaxation, 130; Autonomy and
Diversity in Eastern Europe, 131; Economic
Factors, 132; East-West Trade, 134; Western
Politics and Diplomacy, 136; Eastern Europe
and the Germán Question, 136; Great Britain,
139; Francé, 140; The Federal Republic of
Germany, 143; Conclusions, 146; What Kind of
New Europe?, 14.7; Prospects, 149.
Róbert F. Byrnes
American Opportunities and Dilemmas 151
Containment-Liberation-Disengagement, 154;
Containment, 154; Liberation, 155; 1956, 156;
American Objectives and General Policies:
Somé Choices, 157; Active or Positive Containment, 159; Cultural Exchange, 160; Trade, 165;
Other Dilemmas, 167.
Index 169
Maps (by Norman ]. G. Pounds)
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