RAYMOND C. TARAS, has served on the faculty of universities in Canada, England, and the United States. Most recently, he has been National Fellow at the Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. He is the author, editor of a number of books on communist and post-communist states, including The Road to Disillusion: From Critical Marxism to Postcommunism in Eastern Europe (1992) and Nations and Politics in Soviet Successor States (1992).

• Preface Introduction by Raymond Taras Albania by John Kolsti Bulgaria by John D. Bell Czechoslovakia by Sharon L. Wolchik German Democratic Republic by Joseph S. Gordon Hungary by Maria Szeplaki and Raymond Taras Poland by Paul G. Lewis Romania by William Crowther Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Valerie Bunce Yugoslavia by Jim Seroka Soviet Foreign Policy by James M. Goldgeier Economic Reform in the USSR by John M. Litwak Economic Reform in Eastern Europe by Miklos K. Radvanyi Comparative Communist Studies by Daniel Nelson Appendix: Research Center Programs on the USSR and Eastern Europe Index

RAYMOND C. TARAS, has served on the faculty of universities in Canada, England, and the United States. Most recently, he has been National Fellow at the Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. He is the author, editor of a number of books on communist and post-communist states, including The Road to Disillusion: From Critical Marxism to Postcommunism in Eastern Europe (1992) and Nations and Politics in Soviet Successor States (1992).

• Preface Introduction by Raymond Taras Albania by John Kolsti Bulgaria by John D. Bell Czechoslovakia by Sharon L. Wolchik German Democratic Republic by Joseph S. Gordon Hungary by Maria Szeplaki and Raymond Taras Poland by Paul G. Lewis Romania by William Crowther Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Valerie Bunce Yugoslavia by Jim Seroka Soviet Foreign Policy by James M. Goldgeier Economic Reform in the USSR by John M. Litwak Economic Reform in Eastern Europe by Miklos K. Radvanyi Comparative Communist Studies by Daniel Nelson Appendix: Research Center Programs on the USSR and Eastern Europe Index

RAYMOND C. TARAS, has served on the faculty of universities in Canada, England, and the United States. Most recently, he has been National Fellow at the Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. He is the author, editor of a number of books on communist and post-communist states, including The Road to Disillusion: From Critical Marxism to Postcommunism in Eastern Europe (1992) and Nations and Politics in Soviet Successor States (1992).

• Preface Introduction by Raymond Taras Albania by John Kolsti Bulgaria by John D. Bell Czechoslovakia by Sharon L. Wolchik German Democratic Republic by Joseph S. Gordon Hungary by Maria Szeplaki and Raymond Taras Poland by Paul G. Lewis Romania by William Crowther Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Valerie Bunce Yugoslavia by Jim Seroka Soviet Foreign Policy by James M. Goldgeier Economic Reform in the USSR by John M. Litwak Economic Reform in Eastern Europe by Miklos K. Radvanyi Comparative Communist Studies by Daniel Nelson Appendix: Research Center Programs on the USSR and Eastern Europe Index