• Media type: Book
  • Title: On the edge of the Cold War : American diplomats and spies in postwar Prague
  • Contains: Postwar Czechoslovakia: the master key to Europe? -- Resurrecting Czechoslovakia from its Munich grave -- General Eisenhower declines to liberate Prague -- Spring 1945: the Americans return to the Schönborn Palace -- Ambassador Steinhardt's delayed arrival -- A chronicle of wasted opportunities -- Steinhardt encounters reality: nationalization, expulsions, and U.S. military withdrawal -- America's warning signs: from the Ŝtĕchovice raid to the May 1946 elections -- Great expectations and lost illusions: U.S. intelligence in postwar Prague -- Passing the point of no-return: Prague withdraws from the Marshall Plan -- The communists exchange popularity for absolute power -- The Schönborn Palace under siege: Americans as "spies and saboteurs".
  • Contributor: Lukeš, Igor [Author]
  • imprint: Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2012
  • Extent: XII, 279 S.; Ill; 25 cm
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780195166798; 0195166795
  • RVK notation: NR 8724 : Prag
    NQ 5920 : Europa (z.B. NATO, Warschauer Pakt)
    NQ 5910 : Allgemeines
  • Keywords: USA > Außenpolitik > Geheimdienst > Ost-West-Konflikt > Tschechoslowakei > Geschichte 1945-1948
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: Postwar Czechoslovakia: the master key to Europe? -- Resurrecting Czechoslovakia from its Munich grave -- General Eisenhower declines to liberate Prague -- Spring 1945: the Americans return to the Schönborn Palace -- Ambassador Steinhardt's delayed arrival -- A chronicle of wasted opportunities -- Steinhardt encounters reality: nationalization, expulsions, and U.S. military withdrawal -- America's warning signs: from the Ŝtĕchovice raid to the May 1946 elections -- Great expectations and lost illusions: U.S. intelligence in postwar Prague -- Passing the point of no-return: Prague withdraws from the Marshall Plan -- The communists exchange popularity for absolute power -- The Schönborn Palace under siege: Americans as "spies and saboteurs

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