Socialism and Democracy in Czechoslovakia: 1945-1948

by Martin Myant

Book Overview

This book is about the political, social and economic changes in Czechoslovakia in the years 1945- 1948. In 1945 the 'national revolution' established the Communist Party as the dominant force within a coalition government. The leading Communists then evolved the idea of a specific Czechoslovak road to socialism that could bypass the 'dictatorship of the proletariat'. By analysing in detail the revolutionary events and the society that emerged from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521067162
• ISBN13: 9780521067164
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"