The Intellectual Origins of the Prague Spring - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Intellectual Origins of the Prague Spring write by Vladimir V. Kusin. This book was released on 2002-07-18. The Intellectual Origins of the Prague Spring available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A survey of the development of reformist ideas among the Czech intelligentsia after 1956.
Russia and the Idea of the West
Russia and the Idea of the West - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russia and the Idea of the West write by Robert D. English. This book was released on 2000. Russia and the Idea of the West available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In most analyses of the Cold War's end the ideological aspects of Gorbachev's "new thinking" are treated largely as incidental to the broader considerations of power. English demonstrates that Gorbachev's foreign policy was the result of an intellectual revolution. He analyzes the rise of a liberal policy-academic elite and its impact on the Cold War's end.
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eastern Europe write by Sabrina P. Ramet. This book was released on 1998. Eastern Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Eastern Europe addresses the emergence of uncertain pluralism in the region following the disintegration of the communist regimes in 1989. Taking a broad historical approach, the volume considers issues and challenges that have marked Eastern Europe from 1939 through World War II and the era of socialism, up to the present. Eight comprehensive country studies are augmented by detailed assessments of economic developments, security issues, religious currents, cultural policies, and gender relations in the region.
Between Prague Spring and French May
Between Prague Spring and French May - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Prague Spring and French May write by Martin Klimke. This book was released on 2011-06-01. Between Prague Spring and French May available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abandoning the usual Cold War–oriented narrative of postwar European protest and opposition movements, this volume offers an innovative, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive perspective on two decades of protest and social upheaval in postwar Europe. It examines the mutual influences and interactions among dissenters in Western Europe, the Warsaw Pact countries, and the nonaligned European countries, and shows how ideological and political developments in the East and West were interconnected through official state or party channels as well as a variety of private and clandestine contacts. Focusing on issues arising from the cross-cultural transfer of ideas, the adjustments to institutional and political frameworks, and the role of the media in staging protest, the volume examines the romanticized attitude of Western activists to violent liberation movements in the Third World and the idolization of imprisoned RAF members as martyrs among left-wing circles across Western Europe.
The Prague Spring and Its Aftermath
The Prague Spring and Its Aftermath - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Prague Spring and Its Aftermath write by Kieran Williams. This book was released on 1997-09-08. The Prague Spring and Its Aftermath available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Prague Spring of 1968 was among the most important episodes in post-war European politics. In this book Kieran Williams analyses the attempt at reform socialism under Alexander Dubcek using materials and sources which have become available in the wake of the 1989 revolution. Drawing on declassified documents from party archives, the author readdresses important questions surrounding the Prague Spring: Why did liberalization occur? What was it intended to achieve? Why did the Soviet Union intervene with force? What was the political outcome of the invasion? What part did the reformers play in ending the experiment in reform socialism? What was the role of the security police under Dubcek? The book will provide new information for specialists as well as introductory analysis and narrative for students of East European politics and history and Soviet foreign policy.
