Robert C Austin is Associate Director and Professor at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto. His previous books include Making and Remaking the Balkans: Nations and States since 1878 (2019) and Founding a Balkan State – Albania’s Experiment with Democracy, 1920 – 1925 (2012). He lives in Toronto.

• 1. Introduction: Flashpoints on the Road to 1918.- 2. The Interwar Failures, 1918 – 19393.The Second World War in Central Europe.- 4. Making Most of Central Europe Communist.- 5. Communists in Power, 1948-1988.- 6.1989 – 2004: Roundtables, Streets Protests and the Long Journey Back to Europe.- 7. A New Central Europe or Past as Prologue?.

Robert C Austin is Associate Director and Professor at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto. His previous books include Making and Remaking the Balkans: Nations and States since 1878 (2019) and Founding a Balkan State – Albania’s Experiment with Democracy, 1920 – 1925 (2012). He lives in Toronto.

• 1. Introduction: Flashpoints on the Road to 1918.- 2. The Interwar Failures, 1918 – 19393.The Second World War in Central Europe.- 4. Making Most of Central Europe Communist.- 5. Communists in Power, 1948-1988.- 6.1989 – 2004: Roundtables, Streets Protests and the Long Journey Back to Europe.- 7. A New Central Europe or Past as Prologue?.

Robert C Austin is Associate Director and Professor at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto. His previous books include Making and Remaking the Balkans: Nations and States since 1878 (2019) and Founding a Balkan State – Albania’s Experiment with Democracy, 1920 – 1925 (2012). He lives in Toronto.

• 1. Introduction: Flashpoints on the Road to 1918.- 2. The Interwar Failures, 1918 – 19393.The Second World War in Central Europe.- 4. Making Most of Central Europe Communist.- 5. Communists in Power, 1948-1988.- 6.1989 – 2004: Roundtables, Streets Protests and the Long Journey Back to Europe.- 7. A New Central Europe or Past as Prologue?.