Download or read book Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe written by Roger East and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference, an expanded edition of Revolutions in Eastern Europe, provides a general introduction and broad historical background of Eastern and Central European countries from the First World War onwards, focusing on the development of independent countries and the establishment of Soviet-backed dictatorships, as well as their subsequent experience of political pluralism and external relations and alignments in post 1989 Europe. Each country is covered in an individual chapter, giving a factual account of their revolutions and upheavals and an assessment of their underlying causes.