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Part 1 Introduction - Eastern and Central Europe, 1945-92: Eastern and Central Europe; between the wars, 1918-39; World War II, 1939-45; the establishment of communist control, 1945-48; Stalinist Europe, 1948-53; destalinization and Soviet intervention, the 1960s and 1970s; reform and collapse in the 1980s; problems in the post-communist world, the 1990s; basic issues in Eastern and Central Europe, 1945-92; study guides. Part 2 The communist take-over, 1945-48: the communist resurgence - from occupation and struggle to liberation; the communist advance; study guides. Part 3 Stalinist Europe and regional organizations: the basis of communist power; repression; the Warsaw Pact; COMECON; conformity and unity; study guides. Part 3 Leadership and politics in the Eastern Bloc: Gomulka and Poland; Gierek and Poland; Imre Nagy and Hungary; Kadar and Hungary; Husak and Czechoslovakia; Ulbricht, the GDR and the Berlin Wall; Honecker and the GDR; Gheorghiu-Dej, Ceausescu and Romania; Zhivkov and Bulgaria; assessment; study guides. Part 5 Economic systems: Stalinist politics and economics; agriculture in the Eastern Bloc; industry in the Eastern Bloc; study guides. Part 6 Revolt: conformity and conflict; the Hungarian rising; the "Prague spring" in Czechoslovakia; crisis in Poland; assessment; study guides. Part 7 Collapse: pressure for change; the crisis of communism; disintegration; study guides. Part 8 Conclusion - Eastern and Central Europe, 1945-92: what had the regimes of Eastern and Central Europe achieved in 40 years of communist domination, and what was the nature of those regimes?; why, once opposition snowballed in the late 1980s, were the Eastern Bloc communist regimes overthrown in a relatively short time?; what were the prospects for the post-communist regimes?; study guides.