Socialism Goes Global The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Age of Decolonisation

James Mark, Professor of Modern European History, University of Exeter,Paul Betts, Professor of Modern European History, University of Oxford

James Mark is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Exeter. He has published widely on the social and cultural history of Communism, history and memory, and the global history of Eastern Europe. He is the author of three monographs, most recently co-authoring 1989: A Global
History of Eastern Europe with Bogdan Iacob, Tobias Rupprecht, and Ljubica Spaskovska.

Paul Betts is Professor of Professor of Modern European History at St Antony's College, Oxford, and previously taught at the University of Sussex and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has published widely on 20th century European cultural history, and is the author of three
monographs, most recently Ruin and Renewal: Civilising Europe after World War II (2020). He has also published seven co-edited volumes, and serves on the Editorial Board of Past & Present.

Introduction, James Mark and Paul Betts
1. Origins, James Mark and Steffi Marung
2. Development, Eric Burton, James Mark, and Steffi Marung
3. War and Peace, Péter Apor
4. Culture, Paul Betts and Radina Vucetic
5. Rights, Paul Betts
7. Health, Bogdan C. Iacob
8. Mobility: Education and Labour, Alena Alamgir
9. Homefront, Péter Apor and James Mark