Bloc That Failed

<p> . . . lucid and stimulating . . . --<i>The New York Times Book Review<br /><br /></i>Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the new Eastern Europe and the collapse of Soviet control over it--informative and incisive. --Zbigniew Brzezinski<br /><br />Gati's book . . . is the most current and best-informed study of this rapidly changing world. . . . Professor Gati is uniquely qualified to understand and give perspective to the impact of perestroika and Soviet 'new thinking' on the events in Eastern Europe. --William H. Luers Former U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia<br /><br /> . . . a superb synthesis of the postwar evolution of Soviet-East European relations and the first up-to-date analysis of the revolutionary events in that part of the world in 1989. --Michael Mandelbaum Council on Foreign Relations<br /><br />An up-to-date and lucid overview of the troubled course of Soviet-East European relations at time of momentous change in the Soviet bloc. --Sarah M. Terry<br /><br /> . . . excellent analysis and synthesis . . . --<i>Foreign Affairs<br /><br /></i>this book is written in a lively style and is a good scholarly synthesis of the post-Second World War evolution of Soviet-East European relations ending in the revolutionary events of 1989. --Canadian Journal of Political Science<br /><br /> . . . a lively and perceptive account . . . --<i>Military Review<br /><br /></i>Clearly and simply written this book is particularly useful as a compact introduction to the prehistory and transformation of East European politics. --<i>Choice</i><br /><br />It is well organized readable and sensitive to complexity; find the time to read it. --<i>History</i></p>