This collection of Cold War essays and reflections enthralls any reader seeking a pointed dissection of the Soviet style of government and thinking.
In an engaging style, not lacking in irony and detachment, Milan Å ime?ka describes the process of restoring order and its resultâ€"so-called real socialismâ€"in a brilliant analysis of the "normalization" regime in Czechoslovakia that came to power after the Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring of 1968. These poignant reflections and essays coincided with Å ime?ka's first-hand experience of the consequences of the time's political and cultural purges.
This second edition of Cold War classics, first written between 1975 and 1977, with a new preface from Martin Å ime?ka and afterword from Jonathan Bolton, highlights chilling parallels with contemporary political developments and current civic and ethical questions.
