The Velvet Revolution: Czechoslovakia, 1988-1991

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
A Rough Guide to the Pronunciation of Czech and Slovak......Page 14
List of Acronyms......Page 16
PART ONE THE LONG DECAY OF THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA......Page 18
 1 Normalization and Soviet Foreign Policy: Brezhnev to Gorbachev......Page 20
  The Features of Normalization......Page 23
  Public Compliance......Page 26
  Organized Dissent: The Emergence of Charter 77......Page 28
  Brezhnev and Beyond......Page 31
 2 The Czechoslovak Regime in Crisis: August 1988 to October 1989......Page 40
  Growth of Public Criticism......Page 41
  Changes in Eastern Europe......Page 47
PART TWO THE NOVEMBER REVOLUTION......Page 54
 3 Black Friday......Page 56
  The March Begins......Page 58
  Empty Hands—and Violence......Page 61
  The Staging of the Attack......Page 64
 4 The Toppling of the Stalinists......Page 66
  The Growing Cast......Page 69
  The Role of the SUY......Page 75
  The Party and the People Respond......Page 78
 5 The Collapse of the Old Regime......Page 100
  The Letná Demonstration......Page 105
  Štěpán\'s Removal......Page 109
  Winning the Public Over......Page 111
  The Presidential Election......Page 125
  The Possibility of Conspiracy......Page 130
  Historical Precedents......Page 132
PART THREE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE POST-COMMUNIST STATE......Page 142
 7 The Establishment of Democratic Structures: January to June 1990......Page 144
  The Political Sphere......Page 147
  The Economic Sphere......Page 156
  The Social Sphere......Page 160
  Europe and the International Sphere......Page 164
  The Elections......Page 166
 8 The Process of Transition: June 1990 to March 1991......Page 170
  The Economy: Monetarism Versus Keynesianism......Page 171
  CF: The Shift to the Right......Page 181
  Federalism Versus Separatism......Page 185
  The Status of Women and the List of Rights......Page 189
  Czechoslovakia and the World......Page 190
 9 Postscript: March 1991 to January 1992......Page 192
  The Ongoing Crisis of Nationalism......Page 194
  Making a Clean Break: Purges......Page 196
  Unsettled Economy, Uncertain Future......Page 199
Appendix A: The Voice of the Street— Slogans of the Revolution......Page 204
Appendix B: Documents of the Revolution......Page 212
Appendix C: Public Opinion During the Revolution......Page 236
Appendix D: Václav Havel—A Biographical Cameo......Page 240
Notes......Page 242
Selected Bibliography......Page 252
About the Book and Authors......Page 256
Index......Page 258