Download or read book The British Legation in Prague written by Lukáš Novotný and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the issue of Czech-German relations within Czechoslovakia between 1933 and 1938. Following Adolf Hitler’s accession to the office of Chancellor, the German minority in Czechoslovakia began to progressively mobilise and gradually radicalise such that the majority of them supported the Sudeten German Party in the 1935 elections and played a large part in the end of the First Czechoslovak Republic three years later.
Download or read book British Embassies written by James Stourton and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and glamorous book about British Imperial and post-Imperial architecture and a lively and evocative read for anyone interested in the international projection of British power and culture. British Embassies have a special role in our history. They represent our country in bricks and stone and have often expressed – at least in the eyes of foreigners – our national character. Whether they are Lutyens buildings in Washington, grand palaces in Europe, beautiful old colonial buildings in Asia, or secure compounds in the Middle East, they all have stories to tell and reveal the changing face of British diplomacy. A mixture of history, architectural description, diplomacy and anecdote, this large format picture book covers Residences and embassies in twenty-six countries to provide an authoritative text, accompanied by newly commissioned photography.
Download or read book Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler written by Igor Lukes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-05-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Munich crisis of 1938, in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudentenland, has provoked a vast amount of historical writing. The era has been thoroughly examined from the perspectives of Germans, French, and British political establishments. But historians have had, until now, only a vague understanding of the roles played by the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, the country whose very existence was at the very center of the crisis. In Czechoslovakia Between Stalin and Hitler, Igor Lukes explores this turbulent and tragic era from the new perspective of the Prague government itself. At the center of this study is Edvard Benes, a Czechoslovak foreign policy strategist and a major player in the political machinations of the era. The work looks at the first two decades of Benes's diplomacy and analyzes the Prague Government's attempts to secure the existence of the Republic of Czechoslovakia in the treacherous space between the millstones of the East and West. It studies Benes's relationship with Joseph Stalin, outlines the role assigned to Czechoslovak communists by the VIIth Congress of the Communist International in 1935, and dissects Prague's secret negotiations with Berlin and Benes's role in the famous Tukhachevsky affair. The work also brings evidence regarding the so-called partial mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in May 1938, and focuses on Stalin's strategic thinking on the eve of the World War II. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was difficult for Western researchers to gain access to the rich archival collections of the East. Czechoslovakia Between Stalin and Hitler makes ample use of these secret archives, both in Prague and in Russia. As a result, it is an accurate and original rendition of the events which eventually sparked the Second World War.
Download or read book Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices and Miscellaneous Commercial Information written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Board of Trade Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Board of Trade Journal and Commercial Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal written by Coventry (England). Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Edge of the Cold War written by Igor Lukes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, both the U.S. State Department and U.S. Intelligence saw Czechoslovakia as the master key to the balance of power in Europe and as a chessboard for the power-game between East and West. Washington believed that the political scene in Prague was the best available indicator of whether the United States would be able to coexist with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union. In this book, Igor Lukes illuminates the end of World War II and the early stages of the Cold War in Prague, showing why the United States failed to prevent Czechoslovakia from being absorbed into the Soviet bloc. He draws on documents from archives in the United States and the Czech Republic, on the testimonies of high ranking officers who served in the U.S. Embassy from 1945 to 1948, and on unpublished manuscripts, diaries, and memoirs. Exploiting this wealth of evidence, Lukes paints a critical portrait of Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt. He shows that Steinhardt's groundless optimism caused Washington to ignore clear signs that democracy in Czechoslovakia was in trouble. Although U.S. Intelligence officials who served in Prague were committed to the mission of gathering information and protecting democracy, they were defeated by the Czech and Soviet clandestine services that proved to be more shrewd, innovative, and eager to win. Indeed, Lukes reveals that a key American officer may have been turned by the Russians. For all these reasons, when the Communists moved to impose their dictatorship, the U.S. Embassy and its CIA section were unprepared and powerless. The fall of Czechoslovakia in 1948 helped deepen Cold War tensions for decades to come. Vividly written and filled with colorful portraits of the key participants, On the Edge of the Cold War offers an authoritative account of this key foreign policy debacle.
Download or read book The Triumph of Military Zionism written by Colin Shindler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Israel shift from a state based on pioneering egalitarianism and 'making the desert bloom' to one which is chiefly known for its military prowess? "The Triumph of Military Zionism" examines Israel's shift to the right at the hands of Menachem Begin, the supposed 'disciple' of Vladimir Jabotinsky. Shindler's book uses original research to challenge the conventional wisdom that Begin was the natural heir to Jabotinsky. He demonstrates through hitherto unpublished sources how Israel drifted away from Jabotinsky's ideas towards a maximalist Zionism because Begin's very selective interpretation of his mentor's words did not reflect Jabotinsky's intentions. This invaluable addition to the study of Israel's political history will appeal to both Middle Eastern and military historians.
Download or read book North Staffordshire Its Trade Commerce written by North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression written by Various and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 2046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression presents a compilation of documentary facts and resources prepared by the American and British prosecuting teams for presentation before the International Military Tribunal at Nurnberg, Germany in the case of the major trial against German officers of the Third Reich.
Download or read book Register of the Department of State for the Year written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biographic Register of the Department of State written by United States Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biographic Register of the Department of State written by United States. Dept. of State and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lists and Indexes written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prague Spring written by Simon Mawer and published by Little, Brown Book Group. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Prague Spring is a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of the city as well as a political and historical thriller with dashes of espionage. It is as brilliant as anything he has written, which is saying a lot' The Times It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's 'socialism with a human face' is smiling on the world. Meanwhile Sam Wareham, a first secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with a mixture of diplomatic cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Konecková, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. It seems that, for the first time, nothing is off limits behind the Iron Curtain. Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek and the Red Army is massed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion?
