The United States and Eastern Europe [antikvár]

Preface Editor Róbert F. Byrnes of Indiana University has stated that although there has been a recent awakening of interest, the generál ignorance concerning Eastern Europe is colossal. This volume is intended to put into historical perspective somé basic facts that Americans must take into account when considering policies and positions in our relations-social, political, economic-with the countries of Eastern Europe. In the chapters which follow, Eastern Europe refers to the communist countries of Europe, exclusive of the Soviet Union-namely Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, East Germany and Albania. The authors describe the many diversities and complexities within and among these countries and set the background for American Assembly meetings on this subject throughout the United States. The first of these meetings-the Thirty-first American Assembly-was held at Arden House, the Harriman (N.Y.) campus of Columbia University, in April 1967. The final report of that meeting, a statement of findings and conclusions for United States policy, may be had from The American Assembly. The views contained herein are those of the writers and not necessarily of The American Assembly, a nonpartisan educational organization which takes no position on matters it presents for public discussion. Similarly, The Ford Foundation, which generously supported the entire American Assembly program on Eastern Europe, is not to be associated with the opinions reflected in the individual chapters. Clifford C. Nelson President The American Assembly