HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Warsaw Pact, Antimilitarism, Neoliberalism
Document Summary
After world war ii, communist partisans poised to seize power. And stalin upheld percentages agreement, did not intervene. However, still had centrally regulated economies and 5 year plans. 1961 association agreement with european economic community. King attempts counter-coup, fails, goes into exile. Also had political prison camps, similar to tito"s yugoslavia. Expelled from european econ community, but econ still prosperous. Junta falls, center government comes to power. Comm party re-legalized, greece re-joins european econ community. Communist party strong after world war ii. Had attempted coup, but president able to get them to back down with. Must trade with ussr on barter basis. Stalin allowed to veto attempts to join marshal plan. However, still able to align self with scandinavian countries. Joined nordic council, which allowed free movement. Also experienced econ depression with collapse of the ussr in 1991. August 21 1989 baltic chain in memory of molotov-ribbentrop pact. At 1 point of estonian population gathered at musical grounds outside tallinn.
