This unbiased, critical reference work provides both hard-to-find basic information and informed analysis plus commentary on the Soviet Union and the communist-ruled part of Europe. Library Journal--"No existing work brings together so great a range and quantity of information about this part of the world". Schopflin, a leading authority on Eastern European nationalism and national minorities, is a member of the communist-affairs unit of the BBC external services. He is also a lecturer in Eastern European political institutions at the London School of Economics.