Download or read book Velvet Revolutions: Vaclav Havel and the Inner Totalitarian State written by David G. S. Barton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1990s, Vaclav Havel was one of the most visible political leaders in the Western World, the focus of biographies, magazine articles, and academic papers. For many in the West, Havel's background as intellectual, dissident, and absurdist playwright, as well as his position as president of the Czech Republic, gave him the aura of a modern philosopher king. But what about him, exactly, generated so much excitement?