@article{1451282,
      recid = {1451282},
      author = {McDermott, Kevin, and Stibbe, Matthew,},
      title = {Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe in the era of  normalisation, 1969-1989 /},
      pages = {1 online resource (1 volume) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This edited collection represents the first comprehensive  volume in English on the crucial, but under-explored, late  period in the history of East European communism. Focusing  on developments in Czechoslovakia from the crushing of the  Prague Spring in August 1968 to the Velvet Revolution of  November 1989, the book examines a broad range of  political, social and cultural issues, while also analysing  external perceptions and relations. It explores the concept  of normalisation in historical context and brings together  British, American, Czech and Slovak experts, each with  their own archival research and particular interpretations.  Overall, the anthology aims to assess the means by which  the Prague Spring reforms were repealed and how  Czechoslovakia was returned to a normal communist state in  line with Soviet orthodoxy. Key themes include the  Communist Party and ideology; State Security; Slovak  developments; auto-normalisation; women and gender;  cultural and intellectual currents; everyday life and  popular opinion; and Czechoslovakias political and cultural  relationship with the USSR, the GDR, Poland and Yugoslavia.  The volume sheds light on the process of decay of the  Czechoslovak communist regime and the reasons for its  ultimate collapse in 1989. Kevin McDermott is Professor  Emeritus of Modern East European History at Sheffield  Hallam University. Matthew Stibbe is Professor of Modern  European History at Sheffield Hallam University. They have  jointly edited five previous volumes of essays on post-1945  Eastern Europe.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1451282},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98271-3},
}