The Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Independence, 1914-1920
The calamity of World War I spawned dozens of liberation movements among ethnic and religious groups throughout the world. Of this array of peoples aspiring toward self-determination, none were more successful in realizing that goal than the Czechs and Slovaks. From its humble beginning the Czecho-S...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| PhysicalDescription: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Jefferson
McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers
2014
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| ISBN: | 9781476617626 (electronic bk) 1476617627 (electronic bk) |
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction: A Brawl at Chelyabinsk; 1. In the Shadow of White Mountain; 2. On the Eve of the Storm; 3. Contriving for a New Europe; 4. The Slavophile Challenge; 5. Deliverance at Zborov; 6. Prague on the Brink; 7. The Rise of the Czecho-Slovak Legions in the West; 8. Between Cossacks and Commissars; 9. The Russian Muddle; 10. War Across an Iron Ribbon; 11. A New Eastern Front; 12. The Men of October 28; 13. The Siberian Vendee; 14. White Mountain Redressed; 15. Exodus from a White Hell
- 16. The Legacy of IndependenceChapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
