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The Prague Spring. A Mixed Legacy.
Pehe Jiri
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Description for The Prague Spring. A Mixed Legacy.
Paperback. This is a collection of original essays by Czechs, most of whom were chief players in Czechoslovakia's 1969 drama. That brief spring still lives as the drama of the most extensive liberalization of any Communist system and of its crushing defeat in a Soviet-led invasion. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; G; HB; YQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
This is a collection of original essays by Czechs, most of whom were chief players in Czechoslovakia's 1969 drama. That brief spring still lives as the drama of the most extensive liberalization of any Communist system and of its crushing defeat in a Soviet-led invasion. Twenty years later, the reflections of the writers gathered in this book assume a special meaning in light of Soviet events, for the Soviet Union is now being invaded by the very same ideas that moved it to invade Czechoslovakia. As at several times in their history, the Czechs-overpowered and on the brink of a ... Read more
This is a collection of original essays by Czechs, most of whom were chief players in Czechoslovakia's 1969 drama. That brief spring still lives as the drama of the most extensive liberalization of any Communist system and of its crushing defeat in a Soviet-led invasion. Twenty years later, the reflections of the writers gathered in this book assume a special meaning in light of Soviet events, for the Soviet Union is now being invaded by the very same ideas that moved it to invade Czechoslovakia. As at several times in their history, the Czechs-overpowered and on the brink of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Freedom House United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780932088284
SKU
V9780932088284
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Reviews for The Prague Spring. A Mixed Legacy.
...an invaluable collection of 14 essays by participants in the Prague Spring and other leading observers of those fateful August days....explores virtually every important angle of the short-lived spring.
The Washington Times
...an invaluable collection of 14 essays by participants in the Prague Spring and other leading observers of those fateful August days....explores virtually every important angle of ... Read more
The Washington Times
...an invaluable collection of 14 essays by participants in the Prague Spring and other leading observers of those fateful August days....explores virtually every important angle of ... Read more