The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation: Czech Culture and the Rise of Communism

by Bradley F. Abrams

Book Overview

This original study revisits the critical historical and cultural debates in Czech society immediately following World War II. Bradley F. Abrams discovers that communist public figures were largely successful in controlling the discourse over the nation's recent past_the interwar First Republic and the experiences of Munich and World War II_and over its location on the East-West continuum. This success was later mirrored in the struggles over socialism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742530248
• ISBN13: 9780742530249
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"