Soviet Hegemony in Eastern Europe

The Dynamics of Political Autonomy and Military Intervention

Bibliographic Data

ID8042770
AuthorsChris Jones (0000-0002-5044-1336, corresponding author), Christopher D Jones (0000-0002-9844-0391), Chris D Jones (0000-0002-7141-9285, Marquette University, corresponding author)
Year1977
Volume29
Issue2
Pages216-241
Publication date1977-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2010091
OpenAlexW2131744822
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited6

Most Western observers have concluded that in the conflicts between the U.S.S.R. and the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe, the Soviets resorted to military intervention only when certain ideological or strategic issues were at stake. This study suggests that in the conflicts between the leaders of the CPSU and the leaders of the Communist Parties of Yugoslavia, Poland, Albania, Rumania, and Czechoslovakia there was only one real issue at stake: control over the local East European party. The adversaries in these struggles have been Muscovite factions dependent on Soviet support and ultimately loyal to Moscow, and domestic factions seeking to base their rule on genuine popular support. What determined whether the Soviets intervened militarily was not the ideological or strategic issue publicly raised by the Soviets, but whether the domestic faction had demonstrated to Moscow the capacity and will to mobilize its country for armed resistance against the Soviets

Autonomy · Communism · Development economics · Economics · Hegemony · Ideology · Intervention (counseling · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law

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