The political order, largely imposed or supported by the Soviet Union in the wake of World War II, throughout Eastern Europe, promised positive revolutionary change in all political, economic and social interactions, and indeed in restructuring peoples' psychology. By 1989 it was evident that the revolution and its promises had not materialized and the dissatisfaction and disillusionment of the populations in the region led to regime implosions in a domino-like fashion in state after state, setting the stage for a new fundamental transformation.