Books in the East European Monograph series

Offers an account of the last two weeks of September 1938, chronicling Czechoslovakia's approach to the Munich pact. This book recounts the painful experience of the Sudeten Crisis, the Munich Diktatof September 1938, Hitler's invasion of Prague six months later, and the formation of Edvard Benes' government-in-exile.

Examines the Soviet state's attempt to rebuild following World War II by offering support to families and encouraging women to enter the work force. This book also scrutinizes a society that proclaimed sexual equality, but was unable to achieve these goals because of the failure of the state to provide the structures necessary for equality.

Features the biography of Jovan Ristic, one of Serbia's leading political figures during the second half of the nineteenth century. At the height of his career between 1868 and 1880, Ristic became one of the most successful negotiators during Serbia's dialogue with other European powers and the Ottoman Empire.

Examines the crucial first five years of Istvan Bethlen's premiership when, following the catastrophe of 1918-1920, he began the reconstruction of the country. This book argues that from 1920 to 1925, Bethlen engaged in a protracted and closely fought struggle to restore political, social, and economic stability.

Criteria and methods of a structural analysis of pictorial language as a way of understanding the semiotic system of the visual arts. This is presented with a discussion of an information-processing model for optical illusions and computer simulations.

Focusing on the developments which led to the imposition of a Communist-dominated government in Romania (Fall 1944-March 1945), and based on comprehensive archival information, Romania's Communist Takeover is the first analysis made from the Romanian perspective.

This collection of essays from military historians focus on various aspects of the eastern front during World War I.

This collection of essays traces the roots of right-wing politics in pre-communistic Eastern Europe and examines right-wing tendencies following the break-up of the communist regimes. The common elements of nationalism, xenophobia and ethnic and religious intolerance are scrutinized.

This collection of seminal studies sheds light on many controversial issues relating to the Holocaust in Hungary. The author, regarded as the world's leading authority on the catastrophe that befell Hungarian Jewry during the Nazi era, explores the factors that made the Hungarian chapter of the Holocaust unique.

This work examines Mikhail M. Speranskii's attempt to codify Russian law in the 1820s and 1830s - a major bureaucratic project. Based on material from the Manuscript Division of the Russian National Library and the Russian State Historical Archives, a picture of the codification efforts emerges.