… lucid and stimulating …
-The New York Times Book Review

Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the new Eastern Europe and the collapse of Soviet control over it-informative and incisive. -Zbigniew Brzezinski

Gati’s book … is the most current and best-informed study of this rapidly changing world… . Professor Gati is uniquely qualified to understand and give perspective to the impact of perestroika and Soviet ‘new thinking’ on the events in Eastern Europe. -William H. Luers, Former U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia

… a superb synthesis of the postwar evolution of Soviet-East European relations and the first up-to-date analysis of the revolutionary events in that part of the world in 1989. -Michael Mandelbaum, Council on Foreign Relations

An up-to-date and lucid overview of the troubled course of Soviet-East European relations at time of momentous change in the Soviet bloc. -Sarah M. Terry

… excellent analysis and synthesis …
-Foreign Affairs

this book is written in a lively style and is a good scholarly synthesis of the post-Second World War evolution of Soviet-East European relations ending in the revolutionary events of 1989. -Canadian Journal of Political Science

… a lively and perceptive account …
-Military Review

Clearly and simply written, this book is particularly useful as a compact introduction to the prehistory and transformation of East European politics. -Choice

It is well organized, readable, and sensitive to complexity; find the time to read it. -History