4. Repression and revolution in central and eastern Europe, 1968 to 1989
From 1968 until 1980, the states of eastern and central Europe accepted their communist governments and Soviet control; there were no more rebellions. However, resistance and resentment did not go away. The states remained under communist one-party control with different degrees of oppression. The economies of each country failed to flourish, and in countries such as Poland, reached crisis point in the 1980s. In 1989...