The struggle for the soul of the nation

Czech culture and the rise of communism

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The struggle for the soul of the nation

Czech culture and the rise of communism

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"The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation examines the most important and politically resonant fields of historical and culture debate in Czech society immediately after World War II. The author finds that communist public figures were largely successful in controlling debate 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 preceded and was mirrored in the struggles over the political issues of the times : socialism. The communists engaged their political foes in the democratic socialist and Roman Catholic camps and, surprisingly, found significant support from a major Protestant church."--BOOK JACKET.

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363

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The Struggle for the Soul of the Nation: Czech Culture and the Rise of Communism (Harvard Cold War Studies Book)
November 28, 2005, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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The struggle for the soul of the nation: Czech culture and the rise of communism
2004, Rowman & Littlefield
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Table of Contents

World War Two 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 the World War II
The battle over the recent past II : the First Republic and Tomáš G. Masaryk
The shift in sensibilities and generations
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?
The end of Czechoslovak democracy and the rise of communism in Eastern Europe.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-356) and index.

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Lanham, Md
Series
The Harvard Cold War studies book series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
943.704
Library of Congress
HX528 .A25 2004, HX528.A25 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 363 p. ;
Number of pages
363

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Open Library
OL3681158M
Internet Archive
struggleforsoulo0000abra
ISBN 10
074253023X
LCCN
2003026054
OCLC/WorldCat
53839844
Goodreads
1667221

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