By Robert C Cottrell
ISBN-10: 0791082555
ISBN-13: 9780791082553
Explores the altering political barriers and their results on theCzech humans throughout the 20th century. The Munich contract -- Early Czech historical past -- A nationalist revival -- The Czechs and global conflict I -- The Czechoslovak Republic -- the second one Republic and Nazi rule -- The 3rd Republic and communist autocracy -- Reform at the route to the Prague spring -- recovery of a repressive kingdom -- The Velvet Revolution and its aftermath
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Before the early stages of the twentieth century, most Czechs had expressed only a cursory interest in Slovak affairs. ” At that point, more Czechs than Slovaks appeared interested in the possibility of a union. Like the Czechs, the Slovaks proved little inclined to fight on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian empire during World War I. Slovakia too experienced martial law and censorship, and received support from groups abroad, particularly the Slovak League of America. ”59 Masaryk and Eduard Benes worked with the Slovak The Czechoslovak Republic astronomer Milan Rastislav Stefanik, who had studied in Prague and served as a general in the French military, to establish the new state.
The organization sought recognition of a Czechoslovak state, along with its recognition as that state’s governmental body. ” On June 29, 1918, the French government indicated to Benes its support for the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak state, headed by the Czecho-Slovak National Council. Within days, British secretary of foreign affairs Balfour seconded France’s declaration. S. backing for the The Czechs and World War I Council. S. ” When the two men met at the White House four days later, Wilson informed Masaryk that “especially by your armies, you have demonstrated that you insist on complete independence.
Miliukov, foreign minister of the Russian Provisional Government, Masaryk declared, “I can say in the name of our entire people that we are at your side…. ” Linked with France and Great Britain, Russia would, he said, “solve the old Eastern Question: they will bring about an organic unity of Europe with Asia and Africa. ”51 Such high hopes were soon dashed, however, following Miliukov’s replacement by Alexander Kerensky. A visit to Petrograd convinced Masaryk that an exhausted Russia would eventually withdraw from the war.
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