Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II 4th Edition

Very comprehensive book but so dense. Also, needs a better editor because one sentence can be 4-5 lines long.

The history of Eastern Europe before and after WWII is very complicated. However, this is a good attempt at making it understandable to a non historian. What comes through is the terrible oppression of these countries from war, Nazis, and finally the communists through most of the 20th Century.

Book as described, it had a few writings but overall, great condition!

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Rothschild passed away a few years ago, but the updated version does a good job of treating post-1989 issues. I always found his earlier version to be highly useful in the classroom, in my "Eastern Europe Since 1945" classes. His writing is very accessible, and his judgment is impeccable. And the book is well-balanced between the different countries it encompasses.