This book presents fifty analytical reports of Soviet/East European survey by the research staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich, focusing on the main events and trends in the Soviet bloc during Mikhail Gorbachev's third year in office from 1987 to 1988.

Introduction -- Gorbachev Between Right and Left -- Toward Demilitarization of East-West Rivalry -- Foreign Policies of Accommodation -- Revolution by Culture -- The Economy on the Road from Socialism -- The Casualties of Reform -- The Challenges of Nationalism -- Religion Claims Rightful Place -- Spreading Discontent -- Keyword: Pluralism -- Hungary's Reform of a Reform -- Yugoslavia and the Future of Socialism -- West Germany's Growing Presence -- For a Different Soviet Union: The Party Conference