ABSTRACT

An incisive account of the impact of socialism on the life and politics of Europe and the former Soviet bloc in the twentieth century. It covers the origins of socialism in those countries where it had most impact.

chapter 1|17 pages

Before 1939

chapter 2|6 pages

War and resistance

chapter 4|12 pages

The Stalinist model in Eastern Europe

chapter 7|7 pages

The Soviet Empire

Stagnation under Brezhnev, 1964–82

chapter 8|21 pages

Democratic Socialism in retreat

chapter |9 pages

Notes

chapter |7 pages

Chronology