Webb Adrian (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919

Routledge, 2008. — 385 p.Introductory note: the scope of this book
Geographical equivalents
Politically inspired name changes
Personal names
A brief guide to pronunciation
Acknowledgements
The reordering of Europe
The background to 1919
Versailles, the establishment of the new order and its consequences
The concept and history of nationalism in eastern Europe
Authoritarianism, fascism and the problem of national minorities from 1919 to 1939
Anti-Semitism
The liberal tradition
Communism
Titoism
Politics since 1990
Historical chronology of key events
Key events before Versailles
Key events from Versailles to the outbreak of the Second World War
Key events during the Second World War 61
Key events between the end of the Second World War and the death of Stalin 70
Key events during the Communist period 1953–89
Key events since the fall of Communism
Central and eastern Europe excluding Yugoslavia
The disintegration of Yugoslavia and its aftermath
Thematic chronologies
The rise of authoritarianism 1919–39
Anti-Semitism: character, scale and scope
Wartime administration, collaboration, government and resistance
Post-war retribution and revenge
Communism
The post-war consolidation of Communist power
The purges and the show trials
The struggle between church and state
Orthodoxy and reform 1953–90
The reformed Communist Parties since 1990
Foreign affairs
Regional agreements and alliances 1919–39
Wartime allegiances
The Communist period
Regional relations and relations with East and West since 1990
The nation statesStates and regions of central and eastern Europe: origins, characteristics and particularisms
The countries of ‘further’ eastern Europe
The impact of the EU, NATO and Russia since 1990
Special topics
The economy
The economy 1919–39
The impact of the Second World War
Post-war reconstruction under Communist rule
The impact of 1990
The economy: recent developments
Comparative GDP
The environment
The Communist legacy
The impact of 1990
Human statistics
Population statistics
Ethnic minorities
War losses
The post-war migrations
Life expectancy in years (2003)
Culture
Cosmopolitanism and cultural nationalism
The Arts under Fascism and Communism
Post-war rebuilding of the national heritage
Linguistic politics
People
Office holders
Heads of State
Heads of government (prime ministers/premiers, unless otherwise indicated)
Heads of the Communist Party Politburo
Communist Party membership statistics
Major assassinations, suicides and political executions
Biographies
Glossary of specialist terms
Historiography
Maps