Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler : the diplomacy of Edvard Benes in the 1930s / Igor Lukes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lukes, Igor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benes, Edvard, 1884-1948.

Benes, Edvard.

Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--Germany.

Czechoslovakia.

Germany--Foreign relations--Czechoslovakia.

Germany.

Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Czechoslovakia.

Soviet Union.

Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Summary:

A diplomatic history of events leading up to the Munich crisis in 1938 in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudentenland. The book aims to integrate a full understanding of the Czech role with wider events.

This is a diplomatic history of events leading up to the Munich crisis in 1938 in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudetenland. While much has been written on this period, this book will be the most comprehensive to date and also the first to integrate a full understanding of the Czech role with wider events.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations

1 Czechoslovak-Soviet Contacts from the End of World War I to Adolf Hitler's Machtergreifung, 1918-1933

The Hillerson Red Cross Mission in Prague

Prague's Attitude toward the Bolsheviks

From Diplomacy to Confrontation

2 Dangerous Relations: Beneš and Stalin in Hitler's Shadow, 1933-1935

At Last: De Jure Recognition and Its Consequences

Beneš's Ostpolitik

The Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty of 1935 and Its Mysterious Stipulation

Prague's Pact with Moscow

The Aftermath of Czechoslovakia's Agreement with the Soviet Union

Stalin's Wooing of Edvard Beneš: The 1935 Trip to Moscow

Stalin Was "Gracious, Thoughtful, Accommodating

3 Between the Agile East and the Apathetic West: Central Europe, 1935-1937

The CPC and the 7th Congress of the Comintern

Czechoslovakia and the Frigid West

Lord Halalifax

4 Beneš and the Tukhachevsky Affair: New Evidence from the Archives in Prague and Moscow

Znamia Rossii and Other Tremors before the Earthquake

Tukhachevsky and the Secret Negotiations between Prague and Berlin

President Edvard Beneš and the Tukhachevsky Affair

5 The Fateful Spring of 1938: Austrian Anschluß and the May Crisis

From the Death of Thomas G. Masaryk to New Year's Day 1938

The Anschluß of Austria

Czechoslovakia after the Anschluß

Moscow's Reaction to the Anschluß

Konrad Henlein's Eight Points: Demand the Impossible

May Day 1938: Gottwald in Moscow, Henlein in the Sudetenland

The Partial Mobilization of May 1938

The May Mobilization and Analysts of the Second Bureau

6 Lord Runciman and Comrade Zhdanov: Western and Soviet Policies Toward Czechoslovakia from June to Early September 1938

France: Firm Statements of Support on Shaky Foundations

Great Britain Takes Charge

The British Intervention: Lord Runciman in Prague.

The Three-Pronged Soviet Strategy from June to Early September 1938

7 September 1938

Hitler at Nuremberg and a State of Emergency in the Sudetenland

Berchtesgaden: A Step to Munich

The Franco-British Proposal

Prague's Response to the Proposal and the Soviet Union

The Franco-British Ultimatum and Its Consequences

Godesberg: The Last Missed Opportunity

Folding the Flag: From the Sportpalast to Munich

The Yawning Affair at Munich

Agony in Prague

The Man Who Won at Munich: Stalin and the Four Power Act

The Victims of the Munich Agreement

Sources and Bibliography

Index

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D

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F

G

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I

J

K

L

M

N

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R

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T

U

V

W

Y

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Photos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988025-5

1-280-91442-4

0-19-976205-8

OCLC:

252605293