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Author:

Applebaum, Rachel, 1980- author.

Title:

Empire of friends : Soviet power and socialist internationalism in Cold War Czechoslovakia / Rachel Applebaum.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

x, 275 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Czechoslovakia--Relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Relations--Czechoslovakia.
Socialism and culture--Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia--Soviet influences.--Soviet influences.
Civilization--Soviet influences.
International relations.
Socialism and culture.
Czechoslovakia.
Soviet Union.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : a tank in Prague -- Culture wars -- The land of our destiny -- The legacy of the liberation -- Socialist internationalism with a human face -- Tourists on tanks -- The normalization of friendship -- Conclusion : the tank turns pink.

Summary:

"Argues that the USSR's power in Cold War Czechoslovakia was based on a wide-ranging friendship project between Soviet and Czechoslovak citizens in the realm of everyday life"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1501735578
9781501735578

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1043161176

LCCN:

2018029905

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)