1. CZECH OFF.
- Author
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Rupnik, Jacques
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POLITICAL succession ,SLOVAKIAN politics & government, 1993- ,SLOVAKIAN history, 1945-1992 - Abstract
Focuses on Slovakia's political secession from Czechoslovakia. Statement that Czechoslovakia was in the process of centrifugal collapse after the resignation of President Vaclav Havel; Contrast between Czechs' election of Vaclav Klaus as their prime minister and Slovaks' preference for Vladimir Meciar; Difference between Czechs' and Slovaks' histories; View of Slovaks that Czechs did not keep their promises of autonomy in 1918 and 1945; Belief of Czechs that Slovaks have twice abandoned the Czechoslovak democracy to its sad destiny in the name of their narrowly defined national interest; Comparison between the breakup of Czechoslovakia and that of Yugoslavia.
- Published
- 1992