Století ČSR v datech, souvislostech a příbězích – Korčiš Štěpán (2022)

"I just returned from the Castle." That's something everyone probably knows. But what did the communist prime minister Klement Gottwald want at the Castle after President Edvard Beneš? Everyone probably knows that Czechoslovakia was founded on October 28, 1918. But how, why, and under what circumstances? You will find out all this briefly in the book 'A Century of Czechoslovakia.' You will also understand other pivotal moments in Czech history, such as Munich '38, World War II, February '48, the Prague Spring, and November '89. It also brings closer a number of other world events that had a significant impact on the development of the 20th century. From the Bolshevik Revolution in Tsarist Russia through the world wars followed by the Cold War to the fall of communism, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and more. The book does not focus on key dates but on contexts. Therefore, the presentation and arrangement of texts and images are very illustrative in a very clear leporello. Just like the graph of election results that accompanies the entire history of Czechoslovakia, the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, and the Czech Republic. A brief history of the author's remarkable family vividly illustrates the era and the entire development of the republic. Where great-grandfathers and grandfathers fought in wars, and their children, and later they themselves, fought against communism, even though some had helped to build it before. You will be surprised at how it brings the era closer.