Word: helinski
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some places, Hungary and Poland for example, things seem to be improving, in others, notably Czechoslovakia, they are obviously getting worse. But nontheless, references to Captive Nations just don't seem to have much meaning in a discussion of Eastern Europe. Indeed the dialogue in America on the Helinski Conference appeared very much weighted on the side of rhetoric--compassion played a relatively minor role. The result is an American political perspective toward Eastern Europe, devoid of any understanding of the dynamics that animate the lives and attitudes of those who live in the Soviet Bloc...