Worlds of Dissent

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Worlds of Dissent is written by Jonathan Bolton and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674069374 (ISBN 10) and 9780674069374 (ISBN 13).

Worlds of Dissent analyzes the myths of Czech resistance popularized by Western journalists and historians, and replaces these heroic victory narratives with a picture of the struggle against state repression as dissidents themselves understood and lived it. Their diaries, letters, and essays convey the texture of dissent in a closed society.