Part I. Central Europe and the onset of the Iron Curtain
Stalin, Soviet policy, and the establishment of a communist bloc in Eastern Europe, 1941-1949 / Mark Kramer
The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948 / Michael F. Hopkins
Concessions or conviction? Czechoslovakia's road to the Cold War and the Soviet bloc / Vít Smetana
Hungary's role in the Soviet bloc, 1945-1956 / László Borhi
Stalin, the split with Yugoslavia, and Soviet East European efforts to reassert control, 1948-1953 / Mark Kramer
Austria, Germany, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 / Rolf Steininger
Neutrality for Germany or stabilizing the Eastern Bloc? New evidence on the decision-making process of the Stalin note / Peter Ruggenthaler
Part II. The German question and intra-bloc politics in the post-Stalin era
The Berlin Wall: looking back on the history of the wall twenty years after its fall / Hope M. Harrison
The German problem and security in Europe "Hindrance or catalyst on the path to 1989-1990" / Oliver Bange
Germany and East-Central Europe, 1945-1990: the view from London / Anne Deighton
The German question as seen from Paris / Georges-Henri Soutou
Cold War, détente and the Soviet bloc: the evolution of intra-bloc foreign policy coordination, 1953-1975 / Csaba Békés
Part III. The role of East-Central Europe in ending the Cold War
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and the revolutions of 1989: U.S. myths versus the primary sources / Thomas Blanton
Moscow and Eastern Europe 1988-1989: a policy of optimism and caution / Alex Pravda
The opening of the wall, Eastern Europe, and Gorbachev's vision of Europe after the Cold War / Svetlana Savranskaya
Pulling the rug: East-Central Europe and the implosion of East Germany / Bernd Schaefer
The demise of the Soviet bloc / Mark Kramer
Part IV. Long-term perspectives on the Cold War and its end
Nuclear weapons and the Cold War in Europe / David Holloway
Why did the Cold War last so long? / Mark Kramer
The end of the Cold War as a non-linear confluence / Richard Ned Lebow
Conspicuous connections: 1968 and 1989 / Oldrich Tuma
1989 in historical perspective: the problem of legitimation / Silvio Pons
The end of the Cold War and the transformation of Cold War history: a tale of two conferences, 1988-1989 / James G. Hershberg.
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Imposing, maintaining, and tearing open the Iron Curtain : the Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945-1989. ISBN 9780739181850. Published by Lexington Books in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
