Bernard Wheaton

• Part 1 The long decay of the Communist system in Czechoslovakia: normalization and Soviet foreign policy - Brezhnev to Gorbachev; the Czechoslovak regime in crisis - August 1988 to October 1989. Part 2 The November Revolution: Black Friday; the toppling of the Stalinists; the collapse of the old regime; reflections on the Revolution. Part 3 The foundations of the post-Communist state: the establishment of democratic structures - January to June; the process of transition - June 1990 to March 1991; postscript - March 1991 to January 1992.

Bernard Wheaton

• Part 1 The long decay of the Communist system in Czechoslovakia: normalization and Soviet foreign policy - Brezhnev to Gorbachev; the Czechoslovak regime in crisis - August 1988 to October 1989. Part 2 The November Revolution: Black Friday; the toppling of the Stalinists; the collapse of the old regime; reflections on the Revolution. Part 3 The foundations of the post-Communist state: the establishment of democratic structures - January to June; the process of transition - June 1990 to March 1991; postscript - March 1991 to January 1992.