Historical Dictionary of the Czech State

This book is typical of this popular series in giving authoritative accounts of aspects of the country’s geography and history, with a generous sprinkling of biographies, in an easy‐to‐use alphabetical sequence, robustly produced. Broad subjects such as agriculture, architecture, tourism, and Trade Unions mingle with historical events such as the Locarno Treaty, Counterreformation, and Warsaw Pact; places ‐ Prague, Moravia, and Lidice; people ‐ Saint Wenceslaus, Alexander Dubcek, Vaclav Havel; and numerous other topics that feature in the history of this born‐again nation: Civic Forum, National Theatre, and the Prague Spring of 1968 to take three examples. Not surprisingly there...