Jan 3, 2010

The Memorandum | Compare and Contrast

1965: Czechoslovakia is a whole country, as it has been for most of the time since its creation in 1918.

Today: The country has been split in two for many years. The rise of Slovak nationalism after the Velvet Revolution led to the creation of two new countries: Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

1965: Czechoslovakia is a communist country, controlled by the Soviet Union as part of the Warsaw Pact.

Today: The Czech Republic and Slovakia are free, independent nations. Havel is the president of the Czech Republic, as he has been since 1993....