The Czecho-Slovak struggle for independence, 1914/1920
By: Brent Mueggenberg
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780786496259; 9781476617626
Subjects: History; Politics and government; National liberation movements; Nationalism; World War, 1914-1918; Influence
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: Terms, abbreviations and acronyms; title: Introduction: A brawl at Chelyabinsk; title: In the shadow of White Mountain; title: On the eve of the storm; title: Contriving for a new Europe; title: The Slavophile challenge; title: Deliverance at Zborov; title: Prague on the brink; title: The rise of the Czecho-Slovak legions in the West; title: Between Cossacks and commissars; title: The Russian muddle; title: War across an iron ribbon; title: A new Eastern Front; title: The men of October 28th; title: The Siberian Vendøe; title: White Mountain redressed; title: Exodus from a white hell; title: The legacy of independence.