Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler The Diplomacy of Edvard Beneš in the 1930s

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ISBN: 9780195102673 | 0195102673
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Copyright: 5/23/1996

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This is a diplomatic history of events leading up to the Munich crisis of1938 in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands toannex the Sudentenland. While much has been written on this period, this bookwill be the most comprehensive to date and also the first to integrate a fullunderstanding of the Czech role with wider events.

Abbreviations	p. xiii
Czechoslovak-Soviet Contacts from the End of World War I to Adolf Hitler's Machtergreifung, 1918-1933	p. 3
The Hillerson Red Cross Mission in Prague	p. 7
Prague's Attitude toward the Bolsheviks	p. 11
From Diplomacy to Confrontation	p. 18
Dangerous Relations: Benes and Stalin in Hitler's Shadow, 1933-1935	p. 33
At Last: De Jure Recognition and Its Consequences	p. 36
Benes's Ostpolitik	p. 40
The Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty of 1935 and Its Mysterious Stipulation	p. 44
Prague's Pact with Moscow	p. 50
The Aftermath of Czechoslovakia's Agreement with the Soviet Union	p. 51
Stalin's Wooing of Edvard Benes: The 1935 Trip to Moscow	p. 52
Stalin Was "Gracious, Thoughtful, Accommodating,"	p. 55
Between the Agile East and the Apathetic West: Central Europe, 1935-1937	p. 67
The CPC and the 7th Congress of the Comintern	p. 68
Czechoslovakia and the Frigid West	p. 79
"Lord Halalifax,"	p. 81
Benes and the Tukhachevsky Affair: New Evidence from the Archives in Prague and Moscow	p. 91
Znamia Rossii and Other Tremors before the Earthquake	p. 92
Tukhachevsky and the Secret Negotiations between Prague and Berlin	p. 96
President Edvard Benes and the Tukhachevsky Affair	p. 99
The Fateful Spring of 1938: Austrian Anschlu[beta] and the May Crisis	p. 113
From the Death of Thomas G. Masaryk to New Year's Day 1938	p. 116
The Anschlu[beta] of Austria	p. 119
Czechoslovakia after the Anschlu[beta]	p. 126
Moscow's Reaction to the Anschlu[beta]	p. 130
Konrad Henlein's Eight Points: Demand the Impossible	p. 139
May Day 1938: Gottwald in Moscow, Henlein in the Sudetenland	p. 141
The Partial Mobilization of May 1938	p. 143
The May Mobilization and Analysts of the Second Bureau	p. 148
Lord Runciman and Comrade Zhdanov: Western and Soviet Policies Toward Czechoslovakia from June to Early September 1938	p. 173
France: Firm Statements of Support on Shaky Foundations	p. 174
Great Britain Takes Charge	p. 177
The British Intervention: Lord Runciman in Prague	p. 179
The Three-Pronged Soviet Strategy from June to Early September 1938	p. 190
September 1938	p. 209
Hitler at Nuremberg and a State of Emergency in the Sudetenland	p. 209
Berchtesgaden: A Step to Munich	p. 214
The Franco-British Proposal	p. 218
Prague's Response to the Proposal and the Soviet Union	p. 223
The Franco-British Ultimatum and Its Consequences	p. 225
Godesberg: The Last Missed Opportunity	p. 233
Folding the Flag: From the Sportpalast to Munich	p. 242
The Yawning Affair at Munich	p. 249
Agony in Prague	p. 253
The Man Who Won at Munich: Stalin and the Four Power Act	p. 256
The Victims of the Munich Agreement	p. 260
Sources and Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 311
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Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler The Diplomacy of Edvard Beneš in the 1930s

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