03547nam 2200601Ia 450 991078263540332120231206202945.00-7735-7404-210.1515/9780773574045(CKB)1000000000713920(SSID)ssj0000283644(PQKBManifestationID)11236327(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283644(PQKBWorkID)10249293(PQKB)10042933(CaPaEBR)407521(CaBNvSL)slc00204700(Au-PeEL)EBL3331687(CaPaEBR)ebr10178336(OCoLC)923230259(DE-B1597)657377(DE-B1597)9780773574045(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/c5ztpc(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/407521(MiAaPQ)EBC3331687(MiAaPQ)EBC3248719(EXLCZ)99100000000071392019970314d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrResistance and revolution Vaclav Havel's Czechoslovakia /Rob McRaeOttawa [Ont.] Carleton University Pressc1997331 p. illIncludes index.0-88629-316-2 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 -- IndexUnder constant pressure from the regime, and frequently jailed or imprisoned for their efforts, the signatories of Charter 77 went on to 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.HISTORY / United States / GeneralbisacshCzechoslovakiaHistory20th centuryCzechoslovakiaPolitics and government1989-1992HISTORY / United States / General.943.704/3/092McRae Robert Grant1086272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782635403321Resistance and revolution3726395UNINA