Nationalism and Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union looks at communism's attempts to come to terms with nationalism between Marx and Yeltsin, how the inability of communist theorists and practitioners to achieve an effective synthesis between nationalism and communism contributed to communism's collapse, and what lessons that holds for contemporary Europe.

Walter A. Kemp is Public Officer for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Introduction Defining the Terms Reconciling the Basic Contradiction From Socialist Theory to Communist Realpolitik Heirs to the Great Traditions of the Nation Socialist Patriotism or National Communism? The Contradiction Apparent Nationalism, Communism and the Politics of Identity Bibliography