The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
By: edited by Günter Bischof, Stefan Karner, and Peter Ruggenthaler.
Contributors: Bischof, Günter, 1953-; Karner, Stefan, 1952-; Ruggenthaler, Peter, 1976-
Series: Harvard Cold War studies book series
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739143049; 9780739143063
Subjects: World politics -- 1965-1975; Czechoslovakia -- History -- Intervention, 1968; Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1968-1989; Czechoslovakia -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1992
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Peter Kolár; title: Introduction / Günter Bischof, Stefan Karner, and Peter Ruggenthaler; title: The Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion in historical perspective / Mark Kramer; title: pt. 2. Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and the "Prague Spring"; title: Reforms in the Communist Party : Prague Spring and apprehension about a Soviet invasion / Oldrich Tuma; title: Soviet society in the 1960s / Vladislav Zubok; title: Politburo decision-making on the Czechoslovak crisis in 1968 / Mikhail Prozumenshchikov; title: The KGB and the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968 : preconditions for the Soviet invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia / Nikita Petrov; title: The Moscow negotiations : "normalizing relations" between the Soviet leadership and the Czechoslovak Delegation after the invasion / Peter Ruggenthaler and Harald Knoll; title: pt. 3. The Great Powers and the year of crisis; title: The Johnson administration, the Vietnam War, and the South's response to the Vietnam War / Mark Carson; title: "No action" : the Johnson administration's response to the Czech crisis of 1968 / Günter Bischof; title: Strategic warning : the CIA and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia / Donald Steury; title: Defense and détente : Britain, the Soviet Union, and the 1968 Czech crisis / Saki Dockrill; title: Paris and the Prague Spring / Georges-Henri Soutou; title: France, Italy, the Western communists, and the Prague Spring / Alessandro Brogi; title: pt. 4. European neighbors during the Prague Spring; title: The USSR, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968 / Aleksei Filitov; title: Ulbricht, East Germany, and the Prague Spring / Manfred Wilke; title: Hungary and the Prague Spring / Csaba Békés; title: Tito, the Block Free Movement, and the Prague Spring / Tvrtko Jakovina; title: Austria and the Prague Spring : neutrality in the crucible? / Stefan Karner and Peter Ruggenthaler; title: Appendix 1: "Counterrevolution" in Prague; title: Appendix 2: "We are ready at any time ... to assist the Czechoslovak people together with the armies ... of the Warsaw Pact"; title: Appendix 3: "Secret" memorandum : Eugene V. Rostow to Dean Rusk, 10 May 1968; title: Appendix 4: On the results of the Warsaw Meeting of the Delegations of Communist Parties and Workers' Parties from Socialist Countries; title: Appendix 5: CC urging the United States to halt "hostile U.S. media campaign" against the Soviet Union; title: Appendix 6: "Secret" memorandum by Nathaniel Davis, "Czechoslovak contingencies"; title: Appendix 7: Memorandum Ambassador McGhee to secretary of state, 21 August 1968; title: Appendix 8: Svoboda about Dubcek : "If he were to resign from his post, it would be better for all of us"; title: Appendix 9: "Secret" secretary of defense staff meeting, 1 July 1968; title: Appendix 10: "U.S. propaganda strengthening NATO."