A History of Eastern Europe : Crisis and Change (2nd ed)

This welcome second edition of "A History of Eastern Europe" provides comprehensive coverage of a complex past, from antiquity to the present day.

This new edition provides a thematic historical survey of the formative processes of political, social and economic change which have played paramount roles in shaping the evolution and development of the region.

Subjects covered include: Eastern Europe in ancient, medieval and early modern times; the legacies of Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Empire; the impact of the region's powerful Russian and Germanic neighbours; rival concepts of 'Central' and 'Eastern' Europe; the experience and consequences of the two World Wars; varieties of fascism in Eastern Europe; the impact of Communism from the 1940s to the 1980s; post-Communist democratization and marketization; and, the eastward enlargement of the EU.

Including two new chronologies - one for the Balkans and one for East-Central Europe - and a glossary of key terms and concepts, "A History of Eastern Europe" is the ideal companion for all students of Eastern Europe.