Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe in the Era of Normalisation, 1969–1989

Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms
Leading Czechoslovak and East European Communists, 1968–1989
A Note on Czech Pronunciation
Chapter 1: Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe in the Era of Normalisation
	Cultural and Political Influences from the 1950s and 1960s and their Forgotten Legacy for the Husák Regime
	The Prague Spring and Warsaw Pact Invasion, January–August 1968
	Normalisation: Meanings and Interpretations
	Normalisation: Cross-Border Mentalities and Transnational Dimensions
Chapter 2: Building the Normalisation Panorama, 1968–1969
	Dubček’s Normalisation
		A Panorama of Patriotic Unity
		Divisions Become Clear
		Tense Desultoriness
	Husák’s Normalisation
		The Conservative Coup
		The Anti-Action Programme
		The New Panorama
	Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Ideological Face of Normalisation: Socialist Modernity and the ‘Quiet Life’
	Husák and Consolidation
	‘Lessons of the Crisis Development’
	Husák and the Repressions
	Containing Violence
	Socialist Modernity
	Speaking the Doctrine
	Conclusion
Chapter 4: The Leadership of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia During Normalisation: Stability and Change
	Personnel and Institutional Changes after the Invasion
	Everyday Operation of the Leading Party Organs
	The Nomenklatura System
	Czechoslovak Perestroika and Personnel Changes in the Presidium after 1987
	Conclusion
Chapter 5: An Uncommon Course: Normalisation in Slovakia
	Historical Context
	The Normalisation Purges
	The Slovak Socialist Republic
	Slovak Development During the Normalisation Era
	Dissent
	Conclusion
Chapter 6: The Czechoslovak Security Service During Normalisation: The Appearance of Success
	Purging and Rebuilding
	An Early Case Study: Operation OLINA
	‘Active Measures’ Against ‘Ideological Diversion’
	Routine Work Close to Home
	Modest Reform with Grand Ambition
	Conclusion: The StB and Normalisation
Chapter 7: Twenty Years in Shades of Grey? Everyday Life During Normalisation Based on Oral History Research
	Everyday Life During Normalisation
	Where Did ‘Grey Normalisation’ Come From?
	Grey Fashion
		Jeans from Tuzex and a Sweater from an Austrian Aunt
		Do It Yourself—Home Dressmakers
	Grey Prefabricated Blocks of Flats and Uniform Homes
		Wooden Decorations, Wire Sculptures of Ferda the Ant and New Wallpaper
		From Grey to Green: Gardens, Summer-Houses and Second Homes
	A Grey Climate: Ash and Smog
	Conclusion
Chapter 8: Gendering Normalisation: Citizenship in Czechoslovakia During Late Socialism
	The Conservative Gender Revolution of Normalisation?
	Gender and the Political Economy of Normalisation
	Gender, Sexuality and Eugenics
	The Emergence of ‘Gender’: Dissident Critique or Western Import?
	Conclusion
Chapter 9: Shaping ‘Real Socialism’: The Normalised Conception of Culture
	Post-Stalinist and Reform Communist Cultural Policy
	The Purge and the Long Shadow of 68
	The ‘Real Socialist’ Conception of Culture
	Conclusion
Chapter 10: The ‘City of Shoes’ Under Normalisation: Local Politics and Socio-Economic Trends in Gottwaldov after 1968
	From Zlín to Gottwaldov
	The Early Consolidation Phase in Gottwaldov
	Gottwaldov in the Era of Late Socialism
	Conclusion
	Notes
Chapter 11: Friendship Under Occupation: Soviet-Czechoslovak Relations and Everyday Life after the 1968 Invasion
	Normalising Friendship
	From Soldiers to Samaritans
	Friendship and the Social Contract
	The Obligatory Language of Friendship
	The Song of the Tree and the Rose
	Friendship in a Time of Occupation
Chapter 12: Normalisation Across Borders: Official Cooperation and Contacts between East Germany and Czechoslovakia, 1969–1980
	Borders and Border Security
	Ideology
	Socialist Rule and the Value of Tourism
	Conclusion
Chapter 13: Fragile Friendship: Polish-Czechoslovak Labour Force Cooperation in the Normalisation Era
	A Troubled Relationship between ‘Slavic Brothers’
	Polish Builders and Textile Workers in Czechoslovakia
	The High Price of Friendship
	The End of the Affair
	Conclusion
	Notes
Chapter 14: A Different Socialism: Czechoslovak Normalisation and Yugoslavia
	‘Fraternal Yugoslavia’ and Normalisation Dilemmas in Czechoslovakia
	Is Tito Ours? Cooperation with Yugoslavia for the Benefit of the Socialist Camp
	Socialist Friendship
	Window to the West
	Conclusion
	Notes
Index