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Author : Joseph Robert Meehan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Road to the 1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia written by Joseph Robert Meehan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karel Kaplan
Publisher : C. Hurst & Co. Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Short March written by Karel Kaplan and published by C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melvin P. Mabey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (793 download)
Download or read book The Communist Coup D'etat in Czechoslovakia., February 1948 written by Melvin P. Mabey and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josef Korbel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400879639
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Communist Subversion of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1948 written by Josef Korbel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fateful days of the Munich crisis in September 1938 to the final coup in February 1948, the Communists gradually infiltrated Czechoslovakia. This is the record of that tragic conquest, written by the former head of Jan Masaryk's Cabinet in the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Korbel reveals the gradual erosion of all areas of the nation’s life-political, economic, cultural, military, social-by Communist techniques. He traces the hopeless attempts at coexistence on the part of such democratic statesmen as Edvard Benes and Jan Masaryk, as they tried to negotiate with such Communists as Klement Gottwald and Stalin himself. The campaign of infiltration followed a preconceived plan, first capturing the mind through persuasion and protestations of nationalism, freedom, democracy; then moving inexorably from the local to the national level, in labor unions, political organizations, channels of communication, the police, the army, the government. This is a moving and objective record of an important event in modern history, and a revealing case study of the Communist capture of a country. Mr. Korbel has based his account on interviews with participants, on unpublished memoirs and documents, on Communist materials published after their seizure of power, and on his own firsthand knowledge and experience. Originally published in 1959. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Hubert Ripka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Czechoslovakia Enslaved written by Hubert Ripka and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Morton A. Kaplan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia written by Morton A. Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martha Kapitan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (729 download)
Download or read book The Communist Takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948 written by Martha Kapitan and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom Jelinek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Conquered From Within written by Tom Jelinek and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a survivor of Czechoslovakia's 1948 communist coup d'etat, and concentration camps. In 1948, the free and democratic country of Czechoslovakia was conquered from within, and went on to experience a Stalinist reign of terror. The coup was widely opposed by students and intellectuals, some 30,000 of whom organized a peaceful and orderly demonstration in support of the constitution. This alarmed the coup plotters, who called in armed communist militia, who brazenly opened fire on the demonstrators. Many were killed, and most of those who escaped were arrested over the course of the following year, severely beaten, and sentenced to life as slave laborers in the country's toxic uranium mines. Few managed to escape. One of those few survived a harrowing escape and defection across the highly militarized German border. He witnessed firsthand how systematically Czechoslovakia's institutions were subverted, and how easily a vicious minority transformed the country into Stalinist tyranny. Thanks to extensive notes he took immediately following the events in question, his story is now available to the world.
Author : Orbis (Firm : Prague, Czech Republic)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book What Happened in Czechoslovakia? written by Orbis (Firm : Prague, Czech Republic) and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bradley F. Abrams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742530249
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation written by Bradley F. Abrams and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material effects of World War II, in combination with Eastern Europe's disappointingly undemocratic interwar history, placed radical social change on the postwar agenda across the region and shaped the debates that took place in immediate postwar Czech society. These debates adopted both a cultural form, in struggles over the meaning of the recent past and the nation's position on the East-West continuum, and a directly political form, in battles over the meaning of socialism. The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation examines the most important and politically resonant fields of historical and cultural debate in Czech society immediately after World War II. Bradley Abrams finds that communist public figures were largely successful in controlling debate over the nation's recent past--the interwar First Republic and the experiences of Munich and World War II--and over its location on the East-West continuum. This success preceded and was mirrored in the struggles over the political issue of the times: socialism. The communists engaged their political foes in the democratic socialist and Roman Catholic camps, and, surprisingly, found significant support from a major Protestant church. Abrams's careful reading of major publications re-creates a postwar mood sympathetic to radical social change, questioning the standard view of the communists' rise to power. This book not only contributes to the specific literature on Czech history, but also raises questions about the relationship between war and radical social change, about the communist takeover of the region, and about the role of intellectuals in public life.
Author : Tom Jelinek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781649998613
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Conquered From Within written by Tom Jelinek and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, few remember the ruthless tactics communists used to consolidate power. Others dismiss communist barbarity as typical of backward countries, as though they could not happen in advanced societies.This is the account of a survivor of democratic Czechoslovakia's 1948 communist coup d'état and concentration camps. Secret allegiances in parliament, private militias terrorizing the citizens, and the infiltration of intelligence and law enforcement by communists and their loyalists came together in one coordinated action to overthrow the democratic government. Many who opposed the coup were executed, or sentenced to life in toxic uranium mines. Few managed to escape. One who did, and recovered from his physical and psychological wounds, took extensive notes on everything he experienced. His story is a wakeup call to a generation that may need one.
Author : Alice M. Duffy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Elements Contributing to the Accomplishment of the Communist Takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948 written by Alice M. Duffy and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Joseph Kerner
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (547 download)
Download or read book Czechoslovakia written by Robert Joseph Kerner and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Zantovsky
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192394
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Havel written by Michael Zantovsky and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “definitive biography” of the poet and political dissident who became the last president of Czechoslovakia—and first president of the Czech Republic (Walter Isaacson). This portrait of Vaclav Havel, iconoclast and intellectual, renowned playwright turned political dissident, president of a united then divided nation, and dedicated human rights activist, is written by his former press secretary, advisor, and longtime friend—and recounts the turbulent twentieth-century era through which he prevailed. Havel’s lifelong perspective as an outsider began with his privileged childhood in Prague and his family’s blacklisted status following the Communist coup of 1948. This feeling of being outcast fueled his career as an essayist and a dramatist writing absurdist plays as social commentary. His involvement during the Prague Spring and his leadership of Charter 77, his unflagging belief in the power of the powerless, and his galvanizing personality catapulted Havel into a pivotal role as the leader of the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Although Havel was a courageous visionary, he was also a man of great contradictions, wracked with doubt and self-criticism. But he always remained true to himself. This “smart and exciting” biography is “both inspiring and filled with lessons for our time” (Walter Isaacson). “Havel was one of the most important intellectual-troublemaking statesmen of his time—a nonconformist, determined to live in truth, who questioned the system, his countrymen and himself constantly. No one is better suited than Michael Zantovsky to describe, interpret, and analyze this moral giant . . . A brilliantly informed intellectual and political history.” —Madeleine Albright “Entertaining, intimate, and moving . . . Zantovsky’s voice—that of a natural storyteller with an eye for the memorable anecdote, a mischievous wit, an easy intelligence, and keen sense of balance and fairness—is so engaging.” —Paul Wilson, The New York Review of Books
Author : Josef Korbel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (249 download)
Download or read book The Communist Subversion of Czechoslovakia written by Josef Korbel and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laura Cashman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317999630
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book 1948 and 1968 – Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History written by Laura Cashman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history – the establishment of communist rule in 1948 and the Prague Spring of 1968 – and in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 ‘Velvet Revolution’. Given the ultimate failure of the communist system, these events and their legacy for Czech and Slovak society and politics merit continued study, particularly given the wealth of new data made available when state and Party archives were finally opened in the 1990s. The essays in this volume, by witnesses, historians and social scientists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the USA, UK and Australia offer a reappraisal of those turbulent events. They present new and original research, based on information from archives which were not opened until after 1990 and which is not yet available to audiences who do not speak Czech or Slovak. This volume will, therefore, be of interest to both specialists and general readers who are curious to learn more about these events. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.
Author : Günter Bischof
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780739143049
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 written by Günter Bischof and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 20, 1968, tens of thousands of Soviet and East European ground and air forces moved into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country in an attempt to end the "Prague Spring" reforms and restore an orthodox Communist regime. The leader of the Soviet Communist Party, Leonid Brezhnev, was initially reluctant to use military force and tired to pressure his counterpart in Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubccaron;ek, to crack down. But during the summer of 1968, after several months of careful deliberations, the Soviet Politburo finally decided that military force was the only option left. A large invading force of Soviet, Polish, Hungarian and Bulgarian troops received final orders to move into Czechoslovakia; within twenty-four hours they had established complete military control of Czechoslovakia, bringing and end to hopes for "socialism with a human face."
