Overview
- Series
- The Harvard Cold War studies book series
Harvard Cold War studies book series. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2005
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
- Edition
- First paperback edition
- Contents
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Introduction : the Cold War and contemporary understandings of the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia
World War II and the East European revolution
Intellectuals in the Czech environment
Four groups of postwar Czech intellectuals
The communist aim : the creation of a new Czechoslovakia
The battle over the recent past I : the experiences of Munich and World War II
The battle over the recent past II : the First Republic and Tomá́š G. Masaryk
The shift in sensibilities and generations : May 5, 1945, versus October 28, 1918
The reorientation of national identity : Czechs between East and West
Socialism and communist intellectuals : the "Czechoslovak road to socialism"
Socialism and democratic socialist intellectuals : the "new socialist ethos"
Socialism and Roman Catholic intellectuals : the "fateful struggle between spirit and matter"
Socialism and Protestant intellectuals : the "kingdom of God on earth"?
Conclusion : the end of Czechoslovak democracy and the rise of communism in Eastern Europe. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-356) and index.
Introduction : the Cold War and contemporary understandings of the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia -- World War II and the East European revolution -- Intellectuals in the Czech environment -- Four groups of postwar Czech intellectuals -- The communist aim : the creation of a new Czechoslovakia -- The battle over the recent past I : the experiences of Munich and World War II -- The battle over the recent past II : the First Republic and Tomá́š G. Masaryk -- The shift in sensibilities and generations : May 5, 1945, versus October 28, 1918 -- The reorientation of national identity : Czechs between East and West -- Socialism and communist intellectuals : the "Czechoslovak road to socialism" -- Socialism and democratic socialist intellectuals : the "new socialist ethos" -- Socialism and Roman Catholic intellectuals : the "fateful struggle between spirit and matter" -- Socialism and Protestant intellectuals : the "kingdom of God on earth"? -- Conclusion : the end of Czechoslovak democracy and the rise of communism in Eastern Europe.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- External Link
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Electronic address (http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=5361119640714) not available when searched on Dec. 10, 2018.
- ISBN
- 0742530248
- Physical Description
- viii, 363 pages ; 22 cm.
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