Ideologies and National Identities

Mark Mazower is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, London.John R. Lampe is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Global Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Among his many publications, his most recent book is Balkans into Southeastern Europe, 1914–2014, A Century of War and Transition (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2014).

"This ably edited volume dealing with twentieth-century southeastern Europe is most welcome. ...the project coorrdinators came to an agreement with their collaborators to foicus on nationalis, communism, fascism, liberalism, and religion. And indeed, all of these elements may be found between the covers of this volume, although the contributors were evidently given free rein. ...this volume offers insights into some neglected areas and is a most welcome addition to the literature on the history of East Central Europe."

• Acknowledgements, Acknowledgements, CHAPTER I We Do Not Wish to Move a Finger, CHAPTER II The Myth of Democracy, CHAPTER III The Communists Take Over, CHAPTER IV The Merchants of the Kremlin, CHAPTER V Empire by Coercion, CHAPTER VI Containment, Rollback, Liberation or Inaction?, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index