Czechoslovakia owes its unfortunate history to its lot as a main stage for the great conflicts of the 20th century. Born a democracy at the end of the First World War, ...

Both of the twentieth century's 74-year-long experiments failed. One was the Soviet Union. The other was Czechoslovakia. Heimann offers a no-punches-pulled political history of Czechoslovakia's whole ...

Czechoslovakia - The State that Failed, by Mary Heimann, Yale University Press, 2009: We have a way of giving countries characters. Many educated, liberal-minded English people, for instance, admire ...

Like old friends grimly anticipating the birthday of a recently deceased companion, Czechs are gearing up to commemorate the founding of a country that died 10 months ago. On Thursday, Czechs will … ...

The battalion has built a special relationship with the citizens of Rokycany, American and Czech veterans of World War II, and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment stationed in Rose Barracks. 2CR's history is ...

The story of Czechoslovakia, as reflected in the turbulent life of a Jewish banker’s extravagant villa, which would later host Wehrmacht bosses, Soviet invaders, Czech dissidents—and Shirley ...

After the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic reached the final of Euro 96 against the odds and then offered a wonderful team who reached the semi-finals of Euro 2004 and might have gone ...