Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc : Politically Motivated Cases of Self-Immolation, 19661989

Name: Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc : Politically Motivated Cases of Self-Immolation, 19661989
Brand: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech

Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech

Explores cases of self-immolation as political protest against Communist occupation in the Soviet Bloc.\nLiving Torches in the Soviet Bloc presents the lives of those who chose self-immolation as a radical form of protest against the political oppression of Communist regimes in the Soviet Bloc between 1966\u20131989. While more than fifty such cases were identified during the relevant period, Petr Bla\u017Eek focuses here on the twenty-one cases in which at least partial political motivation is apparent from historical sources.\nMany of the cases of the \u201Cliving torches\u201D were a radical response to the August 1968 occupation of Czechoslovakia by the armies of five Warsaw Pact member states and the suppression of the Prague Spring. After January 1969, the self-immolation of Jan Palach evoked a large\n\nLiving Torches in the Soviet Bloc \u2013 Politically Motivated Cases of Self\u2013Immolation, 1966\u20131989\nPolitically Motivated Cases of Self-Immolation, 1966\u20131989\nFre;