Battle for the castle
Subtitle: Czechoslovak myth and propaganda, 1914-1948
By: Andrea Orzoff.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780195367812
Subjects: Masaryk, T. G. -- 1850-1937; Beneš, Edvard, -- 1884-1948; Propaganda -- Czechoslovakia; Political culture -- Czechoslovakia; Czechoslovakia -- Relations
Description: Since 1918, Czechoslovakia has been known as East-Central Europe's most devoted democracy, an outpost of Western values in the East. While the country has had more democratic experience than its neighbors, this book argues that the claim that Czechs are 'native democrats' emerged from nationalist myth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The golden republic; title: Myth and wartime; title: The castle; title: Battles of the legend-makers; title: Difficulties abroad; title: A time of iron and fire; title: Epilogue.