Formation of the First States in the 10th Century 25
The Germanic Sphere of Influence / The Byzantine Sphere of Influence
Diverse Destinies in the 11th-13th Centuries 29
The Consolidation of Westernized States: Bohemia, Poland and Hungary /
The Balkans under Byzantium: the Serbs and the Bulgars /
The Tartar Invasion and its Consequences
Prosperity in Bohemia and Hungary in the 14th Century / Light
and Shadow in Poland of the 14th Century / Crisis in Bohemia /
Independent Hungary at its Height, 1458-1490
The Ottomans in Eastern Europe, 14th-15th Centuries 45
The Beginnings of Ottoman Power / The Peak of Serbian Power /
The Balkans in the Hands of the Turks / The Final Assault of the
Turks
The Habsburgs against the Turks and the Reformation 49
The Consequences of Mohacs / Reform and Counter-Reform in
Central Europe / Conflict with the Turks
A Haven of Peace: Poland in the 15th and 16th Centuries 53
Poland Under the First Jageillons, 1382-1572 / Poland's Golden
Age / Successes of the Counter-Reformation
The First Wave of Revolution in the Defeated Countries 159
The Bulgarian Revolution / The Austro-Hungarian Revolution
The Situation Among the Victors 164
Triumph for the Small Nations: Serbia and Rumania / The Birth of
the Czechoslovakian State / Poland's Difficult Renaissance /
Albania's Struggle for Freedom
Attempts to Bolshevize Eastern Europe 169
The Hungarian Soviet Republic and Its Failure, 1919 /The Failure
of Bulgarian Bolshevism / The Russo-Polish War
The Fate of the Defeated Countries: Germany, Austria and Hungary,
Bulgaria / The Beneficiaries of the Treaties: Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Rumania, Yugoslavia
Diversity Between the Nations of Eastern Europe 187
Czechoslovakia: a "Westernized,, Imitation of Democracy /
Poland: From Parliamentary Democracy to Military Dictatorship /
A Kingdom without a King: Hungary Under Admiral Horthy
The Balkan Dictatorships 197
From Tribalism to Royal Dictatorship: Albania / From the "Green"
Dictatorship to the Royal Dictatorship: Bulgaria / From Corruption
to Palace Revolts: Rumania / The Greater Serbian Dictatorship:
Yugoslavia
The Method of Expedience: Bulgaria, Albania and Yugoslavia; The
Deception of Poland / The Progressive Method: Rumania, From
Constitutional Monarchy to Popular Democracy; The illusion of
Democracy in Hungary; Czechoslovakia and the Communists; The
Birth of the German Democratic Republic
The First Explosion: Berlin 1953 / Destalinization in Hungary /
The Moscow-Belgrade Reconciliation / Destalinization in the Other
Eastern European Countries
The Crises of 1956 315
The Illusion of Liberalization in Poland / The Hungarian Revolution
of 1956
From Crisis to Crisis: Eastern Europe from 1956 to 1968 326
New Directions in Eastern Bloc and Soviet Policy / A Note of
Discord: Albania / The Evolution of Yugoslavia / "Kadarism, in
Hungary / The "Neo-Stalinists" / The Prague Spring in 1968
The Continuing Economic Crisis in Eastern Europe / The Minority
Problem in Eastern Europe: Hungarian Minorities; Minorities in
the Balkan States
A Changing Eastern Europe 375
Albania: Opening to the World / Yugoslavia: A Fragile Federation /
Rumania: Legacies of the Ceausescu Dynasty / Bulgaria: The Good
Satellite / Hungary: Window to the West / East Germany:
COMECON's Wealthy Member / Czechoslovakia 1969-88: Husak's
Solution / Poland: Solidarity's Resurrection
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