The Czech Republic - A Nation of Velvet (Hardcover)

Czechoslovakia has captured the nation's imagination throughout the twentieth century. The Allied betrayal of the country to Nazi Germany in 1938 was to demonstrate the appalling consequences of naive appeasement of aggression. The wholesale reform of Soviet communism in the Prague Spring of 1968 won western support, and sympathy when it was crushed by Warsaw Pact tanks. The fierce communist regime thereafter was brought down almost magically in 1989. Czechoslovakia added to the international political vocabulary the term, 'Velvet Revolution', and the velvet metaphor has characterised much of the country's path-breaking postcommunist transformation and its peaceful break-up in 1993.
In separate chapters on history, politics, economics, foreign relations and the new Czech identity, this book not only applauds the successes of the Czech Republic since 1993, but also uncovers the frayed edges of the velvet nation.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Postcommunist States and Nations
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Rick Fawn
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-90-5823-043-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	90-5823-043-0
Barcode:	9789058230430

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