The Velvet Revolution: Czechoslovakia, 1988-1991 Book

	List of Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	A Rough Guide to the Pronunciation of Czech and Slovak
	List of Acronyms
Pt. 1	The Long Decay of the Communist System in Czechoslovakia
1	Normalization and Soviet Foreign Policy: Brezhnev to Gorbachev	3
	The Features of Normalization	6
	Public Compliance	9
	Organized Dissent: The Emergence of Charter 77	11
	Brezhnev and Beyond	14
2	The Czechoslovak Regime in Crisis: August 1988 to October 1989	23
	Growth of Public Criticism	24
	Economic Difficulties	30
	Changes in Eastern Europe	30
Pt. 2	The November Revolution
3	Black Friday	39
	The March Begins	41
	Empty Hands - and Violence	44
	The Staging of the Attack	47
4	The Toppling of the Stalinists	49
	The Growing Cast	52
	The Role of the SUY	58
	The Party and the People Respond	61
5	The Collapse of the Old Regime	83
	The Letna Demonstration	88
	Stepan's Removal	92
	Winning the Public Over	94
	The Presidential Election	108
6	Reflections on the Revolution	113
	The Possibility of Conspiracy	113
	Historical Precedents	115
Pt. 3	The Foundations of the Post-Communist State
7	The Establishment of Democratic Structures: January to June 1990	127
	The Political Sphere	130
	The Economic Sphere	139
	The Social Sphere	143
	Europe and the International Sphere	147
	The Elections	149
8	The Process of Transition: June 1990 to March 1991	153
	The Economy: Monetarism Versus Keynesianism	154
	CF: The Shift to the Right	164
	Federalism Versus Separatism	168
	The Status of Women and the List of Rights	172
	Czechoslovakia and the World	173
9	Postscript: March 1991 to January 1992	175
	The Ongoing Crisis of Nationalism	177
	Making a Clean Break: Purges	179
	Unsettled Economy, Uncertain Future	182
	Appendix A: The Voice of the Street - Slogans of the Revolution	187
	Appendix B: Documents of the Revolution	195
	Appendix C: Public Opinion During the Revolution	219
	Appendix D: Vaclav Havel - A Biographical Cameo	223
	Notes	225
	Selected Bibliography	235
	About the Book and Authors	239
	Index	241