The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR in 1991 shed entirely new light upon the character of the two political systems and causes us to re-examine many of the standard interpretations of Soviet and Yugoslav politics. Europe from the Balkans to the Urals is a comparative study of the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR - as multinational, federal communist states - and the reaction to these parallel collapses of European and US foreign policy. Structural similarities in the destabilization of the two states mean that their comparitive study provides great insight into the demise of both.

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Reneo Lukic is at Universite Laval, Quebec. Allen Lynch is at the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

'This volume tackles challenging and important questions and it certainly exceeds the understated claim of Liah Greenfield's foreword of being 'an invitation to further exploration'.' Rick Fawn, University of St Andrews, International Affairs, Vol. 73, No. 2, April '97

The book is well presented and referenced. These are immencse and heroic themes, and Lukic and Lynch are to be congratulated on their courage in tackling such questions. - Nigel Harris. Development Policy Review.