The velvet revolution

Titel: The velvet revolution : Czechoslovakia, 1988 - 1991 / Bernard Wheaton and Zdeněk Kavan
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Veröffentlicht: Boulder ˜[u.a.]œ : Westview Press, 1992
Umfang: XVI, 255 S. : Ill.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 0813312035 ; 0813312043
Lokale Klassifikation: 22 7 V ; 22 7 O
  • Acknowledgments
  • p. xi
  • A Rough Guide to The Pronunciation Of Czech and Slovak
  • p. xiii
  • Acronyms
  • p. xv
  • Part 1
  • The Long Decay of the Communist System in Czechoslovakia
  • p. 1
  • 1
  • Normalization and Soviet Foreign Policy: Brezhnev to Gorbachev
  • p. 3
  • 2
  • The Czechoslovak Regime in Crisis: August 1988 to October 1989
  • p. 23
  • Part 2
  • The November Revolution
  • p. 37
  • 3
  • Black Friday
  • p. 39
  • 4
  • The Toppling of the Stalinists
  • p. 49
  • 5
  • The Collapse of the Old Regime
  • p. 83
  • 6
  • Reflections on the Revolution
  • p. 113
  • Part 3
  • The Foundations of the Post-Communist State
  • p. 125
  • 7
  • The Establishment of Democratic Structures: January to June 1990
  • p. 127
  • 8
  • The Process of Transition: June 1990 to March 1991
  • p. 153
  • 9
  • Postscript: March 1991 to January 1992
  • p. 175
  • Appendix A
  • The Voice of the Street--Slogans of the Revolution
  • p. 187
  • Appendix B
  • Documents of the Revolution
  • p. 195
  • Appendix C
  • Public Opinion During the Revolution
  • p. 219
  • Appendix D
  • Václav Havel--A Biographical Cameo
  • p. 223
  • Notes
  • p. 225
  • Selected Bibliography
  • p. 235
  • About the Book and Authors
  • p. 239
  • Index
  • p. 241