The Sovietization of Eastern Europe: New Perspectives on the Postwar Period

This essay anthology offers enlightening perspectives on how East-Central Europe was transformed into the "other" Europe during the Cold War era.

When the Second World War ended, a new conflict arose between world powers jockeying for supremacy. The Soviet Union pursued a policy of exporting its system of government in a process known as sovietization. But there were also governments that sought to adopt a Soviet way of life on their own accord. Dictated by ideological imperatives, both sty...