Download or read book Hopes and Shadows written by James F. Brown and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers an analysis of the politics of Eastern Europe since the collapse of Communism in 1989. It examines the region's revolution, as countries seek to introduce liberal democracies and market economies, and reassert national identies that have lain dormant in the 40 years of Soviet rule.