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Alexander Dubček

The Symbol of Spring

Slavomír Michálek editor VEDA editor Miroslav Londák editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:18th Sep '19

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The book presents a detailed biography of Alexander Dubček, the icon of the “Czecho-Slovak Spring” in 1968. It aims to explain his decisions and intellectual development in the context of the turbulent development of the 20th century Central Europe. Dubčk’s importance went beyond Czechoslovak borders. His vision of the “socialism with the human face” secured him worldwide fame. At the end of the 1960s, he became a global symbol of the changes desired on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The short time of his leadership brought him and his country at the forefront of the global politics. The invasion of the Warsaw Pact into Czechoslovakia ended his political career and brought him 20 years of isolation. However, Dubčk’s popularity and infl uence in the European Left remained unchanged.

ISBN: 9783631731352

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1044g

558 pages

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