The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak army, 1948-1983 : uncertain allegiance / Condoleezza Rice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Komunistická strana Československa--History.

Komunistická strana Československa.

Civil-military relations--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century.

Civil-military relations.

Czechoslovakia--Armed Forces--History.

Czechoslovakia.

Soviet Union--Military relations--Czechoslovakia.

Soviet Union.

Czechoslovakia--Military relations--Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study of the tensions of military clientage focuses on Czechoslovakia to explore the ambiguous position of the military forces of East European countries and to show how the military's dual role as instrument of both national defense and the Soviet-controlled socialist alliance" fundamentally affects the interaction of military and political elites in Eastern Europe.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Charts

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One. Party-Military Relations in Eastern Europe

Chapter Two. The Historical Foundations of the Relationship Between the Party and Military in Czechoslovakia

Chapter Three. The Formation of the Army of the Socialist Type, 1948-1956

Chapter Four. The Czechoslovak People's Army After De-Stalinization, 1956-1967

Chapter Five. The Military in the Period of Liberalization, January to August 1968

Chapter Six. Invasion and Normalization, August 1968-1975

Chapter Seven. The Czechoslovak People's Army Since 1975

Chapter Eight. Party-Military Relations in Eastern Europe: The Impact of Soviet Power

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Outgrowth of a dissertation completed at the Graduate School of International Studies, Denver University.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 279-291.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63996-5

0-691-61203-X

1-4008-5661-2

OCLC:

889252295