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| 1. | Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed
Hardcover (432 pages) by Dr. Mary Heimann (Yale University Press)
- ISBN13: 9780300141474
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| 5. | Czechoslovakia Travel Poster in Plastic Cover
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Poster Reads: A Country Of Legends Bohemian Forest Czechoslovakia Complement your unique style with this reproduction painting Bohemian Forest Czechoslovakia Poster or give that world traveler in your life a gift they are sure to love.- Reproduction Print
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| 6. | Czechoslovakia: The Short Goodbye
Hardcover (352 pages) by Ms. Abby Innes (Yale University Press)
Czechoslovakia's "velvet divorce"--the peaceful break-up of the nation into the new independent states of Czechia and Slovakia--is widely perceived as a victory of liberal democracy and an enlightened response to ethnic and nationalist differences. But in reality the disintegration of Czechoslovakia was neither of these, argues the author of this penetrating book. Abby Innes describes and analyzes in detail the causes, process, and consequences of Czechoslovakia's 1993 separation. Her account reveals that the Czechoslovak split was a process manufactured by ruthlessly pragmatic Czech right-wing political forces and abetted by a populist and opportunist Slovak leadership. Both political forces remained practically free from public constraint and distinctly authoritarian in their attitudes to the state and its purpose--hallmarks of a Communist legacy. In addition to a highly detailed account of the break-up of Czechoslovakia, Innes sets the velvet divorce in the context of the history of the Czechoslovak state since its formation in 1918 and traces the political developments in Czechia and Slovakia to the end of 2000. She shows that Western policymakers underestimate the continuing strength of the Communist legacy and often misunderstand the motivation of politicians in this region. The problems of managing the politics of transition remain daunting, she cautions, and the most attractive solutions for politicians are rarely the most democratic.
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| 8. | Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968
Paperback (192 pages) by Heda Margolius Kovaly (Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc.)
Heda Margolius Kovaly's steady gaze at the lives caught up in Czechoslovakia's tragic fate under the Nazis and then during the Stalin era illuminates the chaotic life of a nation. Kovaly was deported to concentration camps, escaped from a death march, nearly starved in the post-war years, only to be shattered by her husband's conviction (in the infamous 1952 Slansky trial) and his execution. Resonant with lyricism, this gripping memoir is uplifting even in the midst of horror.
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