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Zusatztext The book is well presented and referenced. These are immencse and heroic themes, and Lukic and Lynch are to be congratulated on their courage in tackling such questions. - Nigel Harris. Development Policy Review. Klappentext The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in 1991 shed entirely new light on the character of their political systems. There is now a need to re-examine many of the standard interpretations of Soviet and Yugoslav politics. This book is a comparative study of the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union - as multinational, federal communist states - and the reaction of European and US foreign policy to the parallel collapses of these nations. The authors describe the structural similarities in the destabilization of the two countries, providing great insight into the demise of both. Zusammenfassung The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR in 1991 shed entirely new light upon the character of the two political systems and causes us to re-examine many of the standard interpretations of Soviet and Yugoslav politics. Europe from the Balkans to the Urals is a comparative study of the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR - as multinational, federal communist states - and the reaction to these parallel collapses of European and US foreign policy. Structural similarities in the destabilization of the two states mean that their comparitive study provides great insight into the demise of both.
