Soviet Relations with East Europe

Richard F. Staar, a contributing editor to Current History, is author of Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe, 4th rev. ed. (Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1982), and editor of the Yearbook on International Communist Affairs (Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press). From 1981 to 1983 he served as United States Ambassador to the Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction negotiations.