Czechoslovakia: Crossroads and Crises, 1918-88

by Norman Stone (Editor), Edward Strouhal (Editor)

Overview

The essays are devoted to the four "eights" in Czech history: 1918, when the Republic was founded; 1938, when its western parts were handed over to Hitler; 1948, when the Communists took power; and 1968, when an effort to create "socialism with a human face" was crushed by Soviet tanks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349106462
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Edition description:	1st ed. 1989
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Czechoslovakia, Norman Stone; the origins of Czechoslovakia (Russia - the home front), Josef Kalvoda; France, Britain, Italy and the independence of Czechoslovakia, Harry Hanak; the United States and Czechoslovak independence, Victor S. Mamatey; thoughts on the meaning of Utopia, Karel Macha; the nationality question in Czechoslovakia and the 1938 Munich agreement, Ian Mlynarik; could we have fought? - the "Munich complex" in Czech policies and Czech thinking, Karel Bartosek; President Edvard Benes and the Czechoslovak crises of 1938 and 1948, Edward Taborsky; Czechoslovakia's February 1948, Karel Kaplan; Czechoslovak communists and the state (1928-48), Jaques Rupnik; making and writing history (Edvard Benes 1943-48), Erazim Kohak; the Prague spring - twenty years after, Milan Hauner; the Czechoslovak economic reform of the sixties, Jiri Kosta; the Prague spring as a social movement, Zdenek Strmiska; the Jews in Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1968, Erich Kulka; the vicissitudes of the Catholic church in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1988, Karel Skalicky.

Editorial Reviews

Sixteen essays highlight turning points in Czechoslovak history, beginning with the foundation of the state in 1918, proceeding through the destruction of its democratic structures following the Munich Agreement of 1938 and the Communist takeover of 1948, and ending with the brief attempt at "socialism with a human face" terminated by the Soviet invasion of 1968. With four maps and eight pages of photographs. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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