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This book compares the various aspects - political, military
economic - of Soviet occupation in Austria, Hungary and Romania.
Using documents found in Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian and Russian
archives the authors argue that the nature of Soviet foreign policy
has been misunderstood. Existing literature has focused on the
Soviet foreign policy from a political perspective; when and why
Stalin made the decision to introduce Bolshevik political systems
in the Soviet sphere of influence. This book will show that the
Soviet conquest of East-Central Europe had an imperial dimension as
well and allowed the Soviet Union to use the territory it occupied
as military and economic space. The final dimension of the book
details the tragically human experiences of Soviet occupation:
atrocities, rape, plundering and deportations.
Based on new archival evidence, examines Soviet Empire building in
Hungary and the American response to it.
Dealing with Dictators explores America's Cold War efforts to make
the dictatorships of Eastern Europe less tyrannical and more
responsive to the country's international interests. During this
period, US policies were a mix of economic and psychological
warfare, subversion, cultural and economic penetration, and
coercive diplomacy. Through careful examination of American and
Hungarian sources, Laszlo Borhi assesses why some policies toward
Hungary achieved their goals while others were not successful. When
George H. W. Bush exclaimed to Mikhail Gorbachev on the day the
Soviet Union collapsed, "Together we liberated Eastern Europe and
unified Germany," he was hardly doing justice to the complicated
history of the era. The story of the process by which the
transition from Soviet satellite to independent state occurred in
Hungary sheds light on the dynamics of systemic change in
international politics at the end of the Cold War.
This book compares the various aspects - political, military
economic - of Soviet occupation in Austria, Hungary and Romania.
Using documents found in Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian and Russian
archives the authors argue that the nature of Soviet foreign policy
has been misunderstood. Existing literature has focused on the
Soviet foreign policy from a political perspective; when and why
Stalin made the decision to introduce Bolshevik political systems
in the Soviet sphere of influence. This book will show that the
Soviet conquest of East-Central Europe had an imperial dimension as
well and allowed the Soviet Union to use the territory it occupied
as military and economic space. The final dimension of the book
details the tragically human experiences of Soviet occupation:
atrocities, rape, plundering and deportations.
Dealing with Dictators explores America's Cold War efforts to make
the dictatorships of Eastern Europe less tyrannical and more
responsive to the country's international interests. During this
period, US policies were a mix of economic and psychological
warfare, subversion, cultural and economic penetration, and
coercive diplomacy. Through careful examination of American and
Hungarian sources, Laszlo Borhi assesses why some policies toward
Hungary achieved their goals while others were not successful. When
George H. W. Bush exclaimed to Mikhail Gorbachev on the day the
Soviet Union collapsed, "Together we liberated Eastern Europe and
unified Germany," he was hardly doing justice to the complicated
history of the era. The story of the process by which the
transition from Soviet satellite to independent state occurred in
Hungary sheds light on the dynamics of systemic change in
international politics at the end of the Cold War.
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