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04221aam a2200529 i 4500 001 685C3B10BC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 003 SILO 005 20200702010020 008 191027s2020 dcu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019048150 020 $a 0815738218 020 $a 9780815738213 035 $a (OCoLC)1129392235 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-cs--- $a e-cs--- 050 00 $a DB2233 $b .U55 2020 082 00 $a 943.704/3 $2 23 110 1 $a United States. $b Embassy (Czechoslovakia) $e creator. 245 10 $a Democracy's defenders : $b U.S. Embassy Prague, the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia, and its aftermath / $c edited by Norman Eisen. 264 1 $a Washington, D.C. : $b Brookings Institution Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xxi, 222 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction / Norman Eisen with David Fishman and Narrelle Gilchrist -- Cables -- Afterword. The aftermath of revolution : U.S. support for Czech and Slovak liberal democracy, 1989-present / Kelsey Landau, Norman Eisen, and MikulaÌsÌ PesÌta. 520 $a "Democracy's Defenders offers a behind-the-scenes account of the little-known role played by the U.S. 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 led by U.S. Ambassador Shirley Temple Black worked with dissident groups and negotiated with the communist government during a key period of the Velvet Revolution that freed Czechoslovakia from Soviet rule. In the vivid reporting of these cables, Black and other members of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Prague describe student demonstrations and their meetings with anti-government activists. The embassy also worked to forestall a violent crackdown by the communist regime during its final months in power. Edited by Norman L. Eisen, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2014, Democracy's Defenders contributes fresh evidence to the literature on U.S. diplomatic history, the cold war era, and American promotion of democracy overseas. In an introductory essay, Eisen places the diplomatic cables in context and analyzes their main themes. In an afterword, Eisen, Czech historian Dr. MikulaÌsÌ PesÌta, and Brookings researcher Kelsey Landau explain how the seeds of democracy that the United States helped plant have grown in the decades since the Velvet Revolution. The authors trace a line from U.S. efforts to promote democracy and economic liberalization after the Velvet Revolution to the contemporary situations of what are now the separate nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Embassy (Czechoslovakia) $v Records and correspondence. 650 0 $a International relations $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia $x History $y Velvet Revolution, 1989 $v Sources. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Czechoslovakia $v Sources. 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia $x Foreign relations $z United States $v Sources. 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia $x Politics and government $y 1968-1989 $v Sources. 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a International relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00977053 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Czechoslovakia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01212490 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Records and correspondence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423917 655 7 $a Sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900 700 1 $a Eisen, Norman L., $d 1961- $e editor. 776 08 $i Online version: $a United States. Embassy (Czechoslovakia). $t Democracy's defenders $d Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2020] $z 9780815738220 $w (DLC) 2019048151 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317030844.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103020939.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=685C3B10BC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search