The Velvet Revolution
Subtitle: Czechoslovakia, 1988-1991
By: Bernard Wheaton and Zdeněk Kavan.
Contributors: Kavan, Zdenek.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780813312040; 9780813312033
Subjects: Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1968-1989; Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1989-1992
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: A rough guide to the pronunciation of Czech and Slovak; title: List of acronyms; title: Part one : The long decay of the communist system in Czechoslovakia.; title: Normalization and Soviet foreign policy : Brezhnev to Gorbachev; title: The Czechoslovak regime in crisis : August 1988 to October 1989; title: Part two : The November revolution.; title: Black Friday; title: The toppling of the Stalinists; title: The collapse of the old regime; title: Reflections on the revolution; title: Part three : The foundations of the post-communist state.; title: The establishment of democratic structures : January to June 1990; title: The process of transition : June 1990 to March 1991; title: Postscript : March 1991 to January 1992; title: Appendixes.; title: The voice of the street : slogans of the revolution; title: Documents of the revolution; title: Public opinion during the revolution; title: Vaclav Havel : a biographical cameo; title: Selected bibliography; title: About the book and authors