At the end of the Great War (1914-1918), the Austro-Hungarian empire collapsed and new states emerged. One of them was Czechoslovakia.Czechoslovak politicians both in the country and abroad wanted to make the transition as peaceful as possible, without armed conflicts. They wanted to prevent a violent revolution. We studied how they did it:
1) When they were taking over important offices like ministries, town halls, etc. and railway stations, they didn´t rely on army or militia, but just on mandate by provisional government, to avoid armed conflict.2) They kept people informed: used media - press and radio - and posters in the streets : people were told the country is free, who leads the country now and whose orders they should obey.
3) They encouraged people to protect personal freedom and property of all parties involved.
4) They appealed to people´s pride on being finally independent and used quotes from well-known Czech patriotic authors (ex. Kollar: Only those who respect freedom of others are worthy of freedom.)
5) They reminded people that the whole civilized world is looking at them and and judging if they are worthy of independence.
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