pt. 1. Introduction and historical context
Introduction / Günter Bischof, Stefan Karner, and Peter Ruggenthaler
The Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion in historical perspective / Mark Kramer
pt. 2. Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and the "Prague Spring"
Reforms in the Communist Party : Prague Spring and apprehension about a Soviet invasion / Oldřich Tůma
Soviet society in the 1960s / Vladislav Zubok
Politburo decision-making on the Czechoslovak crisis in 1968 / Mikhail Prozumenshchikov
The KGB and the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968 : preconditions for the Soviet invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia / Nikita Petrov
The Moscow "negotiations" : "normalizing relations" between the Soviet leadership and the Czechoslovak delegation after the invasion / Peter Ruggenthaler and Harald Knoll
pt. 3. The Great Powers and the year of crisis in 1968
The Johnson administration, the Vietnam War, and the American South's response to the Vietnam War / Mark Carson
"No action" : the Johnson administration and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 / Günter Bischof
Strategic warning : the CIA and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia / Donald Steury
Defense and détente : Britain, the Soviet Union, and the 1968 Czech crisis / Saki Dockrill
Paris and the Prague Spring / Georges-Henri Soutou
France, Italy, the Western communists, and the Prague Spring / Alessandro Brogi
pt. 4. European neighbors during the Prague Spring
The USSR, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968 / Aleksei Filitov
Ulbricht, East Germany, and the Prague Spring / Manfred Wilke
Hungary and the Prague Spring / Csaba Békés
Tito, the Bloc-Free Movement, and the Prague Spring / Tvrtko Jakovina
Austria and the end of the Prague Spring : neutrality in the crucible? / Stefan Karner and Peter Ruggenthaler
Appendix 1: "Counterrevolution" in Prague
Appendix 2: "We are ready at any time
to assist the Czechoslovak people together with the armies
Appendix 3: "Secret" memorandum : Eugene V. Rostow to Dean Rusk, 10 May 1968
Appendix 4: On the results of the Warsaw Meeting of the Delegations of Communist Parties and Workers' Parties from Socialist Countries
Appendix 5: CC urging the United States to halt "hostile U.S. media campaign" against the Soviet Union
Appendix 6: "Secret" memorandum by Nathaniel Davis, "Czechoslovak contingencies"
Appendix 7: Memorandum Ambassador McGhee to secretary of state, 21 August 1968
Appendix 8: Svoboda about Dubček : "If he were to resign from his post, it would be better for all of us"
Appendix 9: "Secret" and "top secret" secretary of defense staff meetings, 1968
Appendix 10: "U.S. propaganda strengthening NATO."
