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Empire of friends : Soviet power and socialist internationalism in Cold War Czechoslovakia / Rachel Applebaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Applebaum, Rachel, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Socialism and culture.
- Czechoslovakia--Relations--Soviet Union.
- Czechoslovakia.
- Relations.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Relations--Czechoslovakia.
- Socialism and culture--Czechoslovakia.
- Czechoslovakia--Civilization--Soviet influences.
- Civilization.
- Civilization--Soviet influences.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 275 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Argues that the USSR's power in Cold War Czechoslovakia was based on a wide-ranging friendship project between Soviet and Czechoslovak citizens in the realm of everyday life"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : a tank in Prague
- Culture wars
- The land of our destiny
- The legacy of the liberation
- Socialist internationalism with a human face
- Tourists on tanks
- The normalization of friendship
- Conclusion : the tank turns pink.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Applebaum, Rachel, 1980- Empire of friends.
- ISBN:
- 9781501735578
- 1501735578
- OCLC:
- 1043161176
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