General Information

Author/Creator

Raška, Francis Dostál.

Language

English.

Published

[Boulder, Colo.] : East European Monographs ; [New York] : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2012.

Physical Description

xiii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Exiles > Czech Republic.

Exiles > Slovakia.

Political refugees > Czech Republic.

Political refugees > Slovakia.

Czech Republic > Emigration and immigration.

Slovakia > Emigration and immigration.

Europe > Emigration and immigration.

United States > Emigration and immigration.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Francis D. Raška.

Series

East European monographs ; 799

Note

"A continuation of his earlier work on Czechoslovak exile organizations, Fighting Communism from Afar: The Council of Free Czechoslovakia, this volume focuses on the activities of exile organizations after 1968. The author examines a substantial collection of personal letters, memoranda, letters to government officials, and journals published by organizations from archives in the Czech Republic, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as interviews with surviving members and functionaries of these organizations. The material illustrates the hardships, illusions, and disappointments of individuals who worked relentlessly for the restoration of civil rights and democracy in Czechoslovakia and to end the Soviet occupation of the country. These efforts were hampered by a lack of interest on the part of Western democracies for whom peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union and its satellites was of paramount importance."--Publisher's website.

ISBN

9780880337069

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	940.5/3/437 RAS		Reference	-

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