Democracy's Defenders : U.S. Embassy Prague, the Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia, and Its Aftermath

Omtale

Offers a behind-the-scenes account of the little-known role played by the US embassy in Prague in the collapse of communism in what was then Czechoslovakia. Featuring fifty-two newly declassified diplomatic cables, the book shows how the staff of the embassy worked with dissident groups and negotiated with the communist government.