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Aman, Anders . Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe During the Stalin Era; An Aspect of Cold War History MIT Press, Boston, 1992.
Auer, Andreas (ed.). Direct Democracy: the Eastern Central European Experience. Aldershot, Hants: England, 2001.
Collins, Susan. Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the World Economy. Institute for International Economics: Washington, D.C., 1991.
Hupchick, Dennis P. The Balkans from Constantinople to Communism. Palgrave, New York, 2002
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Identity in Transformation (book on post communism)
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