Unified Military Industries of the Soviet Bloc
PÁL GERMUSKA Unified Military Industries of the Soviet Bloc Hungary and the Division of Labor in Military Production This book draws a subtle picture of Warsaw Pact economic and military cooperation by presenting a complete branch—the military industry—from the perspective of a smaller member-state, Hungary. It demonstrates that the military industry’s cooperation played a crucial role in the development of economic integration within...
Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe
Tomasz Zarycki Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe This book explores how the countries of Eastern Europe, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc have, since the end of communist rule, developed a new ideology of their place in the world. Drawing on post-colonial theory and on identity discourses in the writings of local intelligentsia figures, the book shows how people in these countries no longer think of...
CfP: New Perspectives in the Transnational History of Communism in East-Central Europe
New Perspectives in the Transnational History of Communism in East-Central Europe Abstracts should be sent before March 30, 2014 The organizers of the International Conference New Perspectives in the Transnational History of Communism in East-Central Europe to take place in Poznań, Poland on October 16-17, 2014 invite submission of abstracts. The fall of communism in East Central Europe threw into question many politically imposed...
History, Memory and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Edited By Georges Mink and Laure Neumayer History, Memory and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe Memory Games Twenty years after the end of communism, history still sparks intense discussions in the former Soviet bloc, as contested memories, primarily about communism and WWII, are constantly reactivated. Much of what is currently known about memory issues in post-communist countries is limited to state-centered approaches. This...
Cfp: Political Exile from Central and Eastern Europe
Call for Papers – “Political Exile from Central and Eastern Europe. Motives, Strategies, Activities and Perception in the East and the West 1945-1989” Bratislava, Slovakia November 19-20, 2013 Deadline for submitting abstracts: July 15, 2013 The Nation’s Memory Institute (Ústav pamäti národa, Slovakia) and European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (Warsaw) in collaboration with the Institute of National Remembrance...
