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CZECH OFF.
- Source :
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New Republic . 8/17/92 - 8/24/92, Vol. 207 Issue 8/9, p15-16. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 1992
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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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00286583
- Volume :
- 207
- Issue :
- 8/9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Republic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 12082493