Battle for the Castle

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.

subjects: Political culture,  Propaganda,  Relations,  Masaryk, t. g. (tomas garrigue), 1850-1937,  Propaganda, german,  Czechoslovakia, politics and government

People: Edvard Beneš (1884-1948),  T. G. Masaryk (1850-1937)

Places: Czechoslovakia