"In honor of the 2018 centennial of Czech independence, philosopher of law Jiří Přibán and award-winning Czech journalist Karel Hvížďala took the opportunity to examine key moments in Czech history from the ninth century to the twenty-first. Covering such a broad span of time al…
"This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880-1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. He played the key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels d…
This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Stefnik (1880-1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him to Choderlos de Laclos for the use…
"This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880-1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. He played the key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels d…
"This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880-1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. He played the key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels d…
This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Stefnik (1880-1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him to Choderlos de Laclos for the use…
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Artist S©Ưs Peter describes what it was like growing up in a Communist country and discusses how Western culture influenced his life.
Annotated illustrations, maps, and dreamscapes explore how the artist-author's life was shaped while growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, in a powerful graphic memoir.
The Prague Spring of 1968 was among the most important episodes in post-war European politics. In this book Kieran Williams analyses the attempt at reform socialism under Alexander Dubcek using materials and sources which have become available in the wake of the 1989 revolution.…
Overview: The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia charts historical developments in the two nations to the opening decade of the 21st century. The book begins with an overview of the geography, climate, people, economy, and government of both the Czech and Slovak republic…
The Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia following the First World War and came under Soviet influence after World War II. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom and, on January 1, 1993…
