Central and Eastern Europe: The Challenge of Transition

ISBN-13: 9780198291695 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 336 str.

Regina Cowen-Karp

Opis

The challenges and dilemmas posed to stability in the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe by the collapse of Communist rule are undisputably wide-ranging. Recognizing the need to adopt an approach that does justice to a momentous process of change, this book focuses on the security implications of continuing developments in the political, social, economic, and military spheres. The heart of the book is a set of case studies examining in detail the situation in a number of countries: Hungary, Poland, the Czech and Slovak republics, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states, the Balkan region, and the former Yugoslavia. As an introduction to the case studies, a section of essays astutely assesses recent developments in Central and Eastern Europe from a broader thematic perspective, focusing on the role of European organizations in the ethnic conflicts currently prevalent throughout the region.

Recenzje

A thorough and valuable account of the security situation in post-Communist states at a time when the war in former Yugoslavia was at its worst. A commendable wealth of information on security and military doctrines - a rounded, almost encyclopedic catalogue of the possible sources of conflict in the early 1990s. Kieran Williams. The Slavonic Review.