Book reviews

Lois A. West, Feminist Nationalism.London: Routledge, 1997, 294 pp. + index.Soren Rinder Bollerup and Christian Dons Christensen, Nationalism in Eastern Europe: Causes and Consequences of the National Revivals and Conflicts in Late‐20th‐Century Eastern Europe.New York: St Martin's Press, 1997, xx, 289 pp. + maps, notes, references, index.Rudolf Jaworski and Robert Luft, 1848/49: Revolutionen in Ostmitteleuropa. Vorträge der Tagung des Collegium Carolinum in Bad Wiessee vom 30. November bis 1. Dezember 1990.Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1996, 455 pp. + illustrations, index.Jirí Musil, ed., The End of Czechoslovakia.Budapest: Central European University Press, 1995, 278 pp. + index. U.S.$19.95 (pbk).András Gerö, The Hungarian Parliament (1867–1918): A Mirage of Power.Translated by James Patterson and Eniko Koncz. New Jersey: Atlantic Research and Publications, 1997, vii, 228 pp. + tables, maps, biographic index, name index, place index.András Gerö, Modern Hungarian Society in the Making: The Unfinished Experience.Translated by James Patterson and Enikö Koncz. Budapest: Central European University Press, 1995, xii, 276 pp. + illustrations, biographical index.Michael Stewart, The Time of the Gypsies.Boulder: Westview Press, 1997, xviii, 302 pp. + tables, illustrations, glossary.David H. Weinberg, Between Tradition and Modernity: Haim Zhitlowski, Simon Dubnow, Ahad Ha‐Am, and the Shaping of Modern Jewish Identity.New York: Holmes & Meier, 1996, x, 385 pp. + photographs, index.Edvardas Tuskenis, ed., Lithuania in European Politics: The Years of the First Republic, 1918–1940.New York: St Martin's Press, 1997, 198 pp. + map, photographs, tables, index.Samuel H. Baron and Nancy Shields Kollmann, eds, Religion and Culture in Early Modern Russia and Ukraine.DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1997, 213 pp. + preface, index.David Kotz and Fred Weir, Revolution from Above: The Demise of the Soviet System.New York: Routledge, 1997, xiii, 235 pp. + appendix, notes, bibliography, index.Ben Fowkes, The Disintegration of the Soviet Union: A Study in the Rise and Triumph of Nationalism.New York: St Martin's Press, 1997, xii, 273 pp. + appendix, notes, bibliography, index. U.S.$45.00 (hbk).Taras Kuzio, Ukraine under Kuchma: Political Reform, Economic Transformation and Security Policy in Independent Ukraine.Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. New York: St Martin's Press, 1997, xxiii, 281 pp. + maps, tables, index.Anatol Lieven, Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power.New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998, xii, 436 pp. + notes, index, illustrations. U.S.$35.00 (hbk).Mehrdad Haghayeghi, Islam and Politics in Central Asia.New York: St Martin's Press, 1995, xxiv, 264 pp. + maps, tables, index.Mohammad‐Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare and Shirin Akiner, eds, Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence.New York: St Martin's Press, 1997, xiii, 248 pp., U.S.$39.95.Bruce A. Elleman, Diplomacy and Deception: The Secret History of Sino‐Soviet Diplomatic Relations, 1917–1927.Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997, xviii, 322 pp. + index.