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Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
A Survey of Recent Developments in Nine Captive Countries
Author: A Survey of Recent Developments in Nine Captive Countries - Assembly of Captive European Nations
Author: ACEN (Organization)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A Survey of Recent Developments in Nine Captive Countries, February 1956-February 1957
Author: ACEN (Organization)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Voice of the Silenced Peoples in the Global Cold War
Author: Anna MazurkiewiczPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110661004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
According to its members, exiled political leaders from nine east European countries, the ACEN was an umbrella organization—a quasi-East European parliament in exile—composed of formerly prominent statesmen who strove to maintain the case of liberation of Eastern Europe from the Soviet yoke on the agenda of international relations. Founded by the Free Europe Committee, from 1954 to 1971 the ACEN tried to lobby for Eastern European interests on the U.S. political scene, in the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Furthermore, its activities can be traced to Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. However, since it was founded and sponsored by the Free Europe Committee (most commonly recognized as the sponsor of the Radio Free Europe), the ACEN operations were obviously influenced and monitored by the Americans (CIA, Department of State). This book argues that despite the émigré leadership's self-restraint in expressing criticism of the U.S. foreign policy, the ACEN was vulnerable to, and eventually fell victim of, the changes in the American Cold War policies. Notwithstanding the termination of Free Europe’s support, ACEN members reconstituted their operations in 1972 and continued their actions until 1989. Based on a through archival research (twenty different archives in the U.S. and Europe, interviews, published documents, memoirs, press) this book is a first complete story of an organization that is quite often mentioned in publications related to the operations of the Free Europe Committee but hardly ever thoroughly studied.
Accessions List
Author: United States. Department of State. Library DivisionPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Baltic States, Years of Dependence, 1940-1980
Author: Romuald J. MisiunasPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520046252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Geschiedenis van Estland, Letland en Litauen
Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin
Author: The Communist World
Author: Harry G. ShafferPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Seeds of Triumph
Author: Hannah DiskinPublisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9633864704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Roman Catholic Church has played a unique role in the history of Poland in the twentieth century: the people and the Church drew closer and closer together during Nazi rule, the Stalinist period and the somewhat milder, though strongly anti-religious and repressive Gomulka regime (1956-1970). The power struggle between the Church and the communist government did in fact play a role in shaping world politics, the Polish Church having been the force behind the opposition movement in Poland. Against this background, a Polish pope appeared and made a major contribution to the collapse of communism. The Seeds of Triumph, the most comprehensive recent book on the opposition of Church and State in post-war Poland, compares the characteristics and consequences of this relationship during three different periods: the first and second periods of Gomulka's rule, and the Stalinist era between the two Gomulka periods. It examines the balance of power, studying to what degree the Church and other factors in the political environment influenced governmental policy-making. The author disproves the common stereotype, held at the time, that domestic conditions played only a marginal role. In examining the regime's policies, she covers the legal background, the general policy characteristics, the specific policies implemented during the period, and the role of the individual actors, most notably the pivotal role of the two main protagonists, Cardinal Wyszynski and Wladislaw Gomulka. In her landmark study, Diskin makes a significant contribution to the study of authoritarian systems and greatly enhances our understanding of the centrality of the Church in recent Polish history.
ACEN Publication
Author: ACEN (Organization)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description