A Political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe (2nd edition)

When reviewing the second edition of a reference book, it is often difficult to avoid repeating much of the content of the review of the first edition (RR 2003/14). There is no such difficulty on this occasion. The first edition of the dictionary covered the former Soviet Union and its former satellites; the new one covers only the first of these categories, the other countries (even the Baltic States) now being considered “Central Europe” and covered in a companion volume. The definition of “Eastern Europe” has thus radically altered from its traditional meaning, and in consequence the book is half...