Eastern Europe's Long Revolution Against Yalta
Eastern Europe's Long Revolution Against Yalta
Author(s): Ferenc FehérSubject(s): Governance, Political history, International relations/trade, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Geopolitics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Eastern Europe; Yalta; revolution against Yalta; 1940s; meeting of the "Big Three"; Churchill; Roosevelt; Stalin; creation of the United Nations Organization; reparation of war damages;
Summary/Abstract: What was Yalta: Is it possible to identify a phenomenon in the past or present world of political affairs which deserves the appellation "Yalta system?" In a literal sense, "Yalta" was the February 4- 11, 1945 meeting of the "Big Three," Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, which rook place in the Crimea in a holiday resort near Yalta. This meeting had been preceded by a 1943 conference in Teheran and was soon to be followed by the third, and last summit of the War Alliance in Potsdam, in August 1945. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 02/1987
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 1-34
- Page Count: 34
- Language: English
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