Sections within background ___________________ Introduction Prehistory The Premysl Dynasti The Bohemian Empire Jan Hus The Hussites and The Habsburgs Defenestration The Industrialization The First World War Tomas Masaryk The Munich Agreement The Meeting Peace in our time! Why appeasement? Tables The Second World War The February Coup 1948 The Communistic Take-Over The Purges 1948-1953 Nikita Khruschev Delayed Destalinization Rudolf Barak Blaming someone else... Trials are found unlawful Party members desert Novotny Party Presidium divided Student demonstrations Moscow dislikes Novotny's policy Opposition on the way Novotny's policy is criticized December 1967 Brezhnev visits Prague Novotny's resignation Novotny's two options "Night of Novotny"