Czechoslovakia played an important role within the Soviet bloc, yet its history remains under-researched. This monograph blends historical analysis of the superpowers’ foreign policies with an assessment of their impact on Czechoslovakia and its position within the Soviet bloc. The book thereby places Czechoslovakia on the map of Cold War history, i.e. the era of “mutually assured destruction” that lasted almost half a century. It provides a lucid introduction to some milestones in international Cold War history in their relation to Czecho-Slovak history. The book’s novel contribution is to explain Czechoslovakia’s domestic situation during the Cold War from the “outside”. Drawing on extensive source materials of Slovak, Czech, American, and Russian provenance, it provides a more comprehensive understanding of post-war Czecho-Slovak history while also contributing to general knowledge about the nature and impact of the Cold War.
Slavomir Michalek
Slavomír Michálek, Jahrgang 1961, ist Historiker, führender wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter in der Abteilung für neuere Geschichte und Direktor des Historischen Instituts der Slowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Bratislava. Micháleks Forschungsgebiete umfassen die Außenpolitik der USA, die tschechisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, die Geschichte der Vereinten Nationen, slowakische Persönlichkeiten, die im Dienst der tschechoslowakischen Diplomatie standen, sowie das zweite und dritte slowakische und tschechoslowakische demokratische Exil in Amerika. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Studien in diesen Bereichen und hält regelmäßig Vorträge auf vielen internationalen Konferenzen im In- und Ausland. Er absolvierte mehrere Studien- und Forschungsaufenthalte an Universitäten und Forschungseinrichtungen in Großbritannien, den USA und Kanada.
Michal Stefansky
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| Number of Pages | 430 |
| Language | English |
| E-book format | PDF |
| e-book DRM | Digital Rights Management - Watermark |
| Type | E-Book |
| Publication date | 30.04.2019 |
| ISBN | 978-3-8382-7285-6 |
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"This book presents a comprehensive survey covering all important milestones from the early post-World War II period until the first half of the 1970s from the perspective of a ‘smaller’ country in the Soviet bloc caught in the vortex of the Cold War. It will be a valuable source of information for English-reading students of Central Europe’s recent history."—Jakub Drábik,Masaryk University, Brno
"This study represents an important addition to different perspectives on the Cold War period. From both an interpretative point of view and the standpoint of the need for new empirical evidence, the study is a welcome new contribution. The book conveys new information from the archives, otherwise less accessible for foreign researchers, including documents from Czech and Slovak archives that are abundantly used."—Zuzana Polacková, Zuzana Polacková, Webster University
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