Eastern Europe : opposing viewpoints /
Janelle Rohr, book editor.
- San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)1990.
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Soviet tyranny divides Europe (1946) / Winston Churchill -- The Soviets are not dividing Europe (1946) / Josef Stalin -- The West must oppose Soviet aims in eastern Europe (1950) / Jan Stransky -- The West must not oppose Soviet aims in eastern Europe (1946) / Henry A. Wallace -- Western interference in Berlin promotes conflict (1958) / Nikita Khrushchev -- Soviet attempts to dominate Berlin promote conflict (1963) / John F. Kennedy -- Eastern Europeans are rejecting communism Eastern Europeans are not rejecting communism Eastern Europeans will adopt western liberal values Eastern Europeans will not adopt western liberal values The revolutions pave the way for true socialism The revolutions force socialists to rethink their ideology Eastern Europe should adopt capitalism Capitalism will hurt eastern Europe Eastern Europe should adopt a mix of capitalism and socialism Eastern Europe should welcome western investment Eastern Europe should reject western investment Poland should establish a market economy Poland should follow socialist principles Yugoslavia's economy proves socialism's failings Yugoslavia's economy proves capitalism's failings German unification will promote stability in Europe German unification will promote instability in Europe German unification will reduce Soviet influence in Europe German unification will not reduce Soviet influence in Europe German unification will ruin the peace established by superpower alliances German unification will ruin the chance for European unity German unification threatens the Jewish people German unification does not threaten the Jewish people Establishing democracy in Eastern Europe will unite Europe Eastern Europe will not be able to establish democracy Eastern European nationalism will prevent European unification Eastern Europe may renounce nationalism European unification requires NATO's assistance European unification makes NATO obsolete George Bush -- Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation -- Francis Fukuyama -- E.P. Thompson -- George Fish -- Andre Gunder Frank -- Juliana Geran Pilon -- Bogdan Denitch -- Valtr Komarek -- Lawrence S. Eagleburger -- Paul Phillips -- Tadeusz Mazowiecki -- Jan Jozef Lipski -- Craig Forman -- Workers Vanguard -- Helmut Kohl -- Walter Russell Mead -- Patrick Buchanan and Marx Lewis -- Mikhail Gorbachev -- A. James Gregor -- Charles Krauthammer -- Elie Wiesel and Arye Carmon -- Hans-Dietrich Genscher -- Vaclav Havel -- Thomas Molnar -- Robert D. Kaplan -- Istvan Deak -- Manfred Worner -- Malcolm Chalmers.
Presents opposing viewpoints on the division of Europe, the effects of recent revolutions in Eastern Europe, economic policies Eastern Europe should adopt, the impact of German unification, and the possibility of a united Europe.