The Prague spring and the Warsaw pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
| Titel: | The Prague spring and the Warsaw pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 / edited by Gunter Bischof ... |
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| Ausgabe: | 1. paperback edition |
| Veröffentlicht: | Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2011 |
| Umfang: | XII, 510 Seiten |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780739143049 ; 9780739143056 ; 0739143050 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- Foreword
- p. xi
- Part I
- Introduction and Historical Context
- 1
- Introduction
- p. 3
- 2
- The Prague Spring and the Soviet Invasion in Historical Perspective
- p. 35
- Part II
- Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and the "Prague Spring"
- 3
- Reforms in the Communist Party: The Prague Spring and Apprehension about a Soviet Invasion
- p. 61
- 4
- Soviet Society in the 1960s
- p. 75
- 5
- Politburo Decision-Making on the Czechoslovak Crisis in 1968
- p. 103
- 6
- The KGB and the Czechoslovak Crisis of 1968: Preconditions for the Soviet Invasion and Occupation of Czechoslovakia
- p. 145
- 7
- The Moscow "Negotiations": "Normalizing Relations" between the Soviet Leadership and the Czechoslovak Delegation after the Invasion
- p. 165
- Part III
- The Great Powers and the Year of Crisis in 1968
- 8
- The Johnson Administration, the Vietnam War, and the American South's Response to the Vietnam War
- p. 193
- 9
- "No Action": The Johnson Administration and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968
- p. 215
- 10
- Strategic Warning: The CIA and the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
- p. 237
- 11
- Defense and Détente: Britain, the Soviet Union, and the 1968 Czech Crisis
- p. 249
- 12
- Paris and the Prague Spring
- p. 271
- 13
- France, Italy, the Western Communists, and the Prague Spring
- p. 283
- Part IV
- European Neighbors during the Prague Spring
- 14
- The USSR, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Czechoslovak Crisis of 1968
- p. 319
- 15
- Ulbricht, East Germany, and the Prague Spring
- p. 341
- 16
- Hungary and the Prague Spring
- p. 371
- 17
- Tito, the Bloc-Free Movement, and the Prague Spring
- p. 397
- 18
- Austria and the End of the Prague Spring: Neutrality in the Crucible?
- p. 419
- Appendix 1
- "Counterrevolution" in Prague
- p. 441
- Appendix 2
- "We Are Ready at Any Time ... to Assist the Czechoslovak People Together with the Armies ... of the Warsaw Pact"
- p. 443
- Appendix 3
- "Secret" Memorandum: Eugene V. Rostow to Dean Rusk, 10 May 1968
- p. 447
- Appendix 4
- On the Results of the Warsaw Meeting of the Delegations of Communist Parties and Workers' Parties from Socialist Countries
- p. 449
- Appendix 5
- CC Urging the United States to Halt "Hostile U.S. Media Campaign" against the Soviet Union
- p. 453
- Appendix 6
- "Secret" Memorandum by Nathaniel Davis, "Czechoslovak Contingencies"
- p. 455
- Appendix 7
- Memorandum from Ambassador McGhee to the Secretary of State, 21 August 1968
- p. 457
- Appendix 8
- Svoboda about Dubček: "If He Were to Resign from His Post, It Would Be Better for All of Us"
- p. 461
- Appendix 9
- "Secret" and "Top Secret" Secretary of Defense Staff Meetings, 1968
- p. 465
- Appendix 10
- "U.S. Propaganda Strengthening NATO"
- p. 481
- Index
- p. 483
- About the Contributors
- p. 505
