THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF EUROPE - Gene H Hogberg - April 1983

Gene H Hogberg

Events are now unfolding that will radically alter the political map of this divided continent-perhaps before the decade is over. FROM ALL indications, 1983 may well prove to be' the most decisive year for Europe Since World War II. The East-West stalemate that has kept the Continent divided- but in a state of "armed peace"-for nearly four decades is on the verge of becoming "unstuck. " At the center of the crisis is the Soviet Union's growing fear over its ability to maintain a firm grip over events in Eastern Europe. The nations of Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria together represent the Soviet Union's "security zone" against any future military threat from elsewhere in Europe. And from where they sit, the top leaders in the Kremlin do not like what they see. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library