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McRae Robert Grant |
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Resistance and revolution : Vaclav Havel's Czechoslovakia / / Rob McRae |
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Ottawa [Ont.], : Carleton University Press, c1997 |
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HISTORY / United States / General |
Czechoslovakia History 20th century |
Czechoslovakia Politics and government 1989-1992 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1968-1988: The Emergence of Public Protest -- Glasnost—Not! -- Living in Truth -- Jan Palach -- The Political Trials -- The Symposium -- The Resistance Spreads -- A Few Sentences -- Writers East and West -- Means and Ends -- The East German Exodus -- The Symposium II -- Too Little, Too Late -- Czech Pens -- The Twilight of Communism -- The November 17 Massacre -- The Student Strike -- The Birth of Civic Forum -- Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me! -- A Kingdom for a Balcony -- The Return of History -- Workers Unite! -- A Communist Intermezzo -- Alexander Dubcek -- The General Strike -- The Regime Strikes Back -- The Government of National Understanding -- Thomas Bata’s Homecoming -- The Campaign for President -- The Deconstruction of Communism -- President Havel -- The Canadian Connection -- Human Bridges -- A New/Old Political System -- The Economic Challenge -- The Rebirth of Party Politics -- Constitutional Crisis -- Dubcek Remembers -- Slovak Nationalism -- An Independent Foreign Policy -- The Campaign -- The First Free Elections -- The End of Czechoslovakism -- The National Awakening -- 1968 and 1989 -- Hello Good-bye -- The Disappearing Country -- The Next Revolution -- Index |
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Under constant pressure from the regime, and frequently jailed or imprisoned for their efforts, the signatories of Charter 77 went on to |
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lead the resistance and spearhead a revolution: the Velvet Revolution of 1989. For a time it seemed as if a philosopher-king had overturned the forces of totalitarianism, with the future of Czechoslovakia there for the making. |
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