Resistance and revolution : Vaclav Havel's Czechoslovakia / / Rob McRae

• Autore: McRae Robert Grant
• Pubblicazione: Ottawa [Ont.], : Carleton University Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 331 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 943.704/3/092
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / United States / General
• Soggetto geografico: Czechoslovakia History 20th century; Czechoslovakia Politics and government 1989-1992
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Under 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Resistance and revolution
• ISBN: 0-7735-7404-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782635403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II