ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ REFLEXE V MYŠLENÍ O VÁLCE OD „SRPNA 68“ PO VSTUP DO NATO

• Authors: Polnar Stanislav , Prokop Bronislav

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Czechoslovak reflections in the perception of war from “August ‘68” until the entry of NATO

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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The presented study is dedicated to the long period from August 1968 to March 1999. It is therefore defined by the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact troops and the accession of the Czech Republic to the North Atlantic Alliance. The text describes the development of Czechoslovak and Czech military-political, doctrinal and strategic thinking during this period. This specific area is described against the backdrop of international politics of the Cold War era, understanding the Czechoslovak state largely as an unjustified object of superpower policy. Despite that, the independent domestic military thinking did not disappear in this period either. This has also continued under the post-1989 conditions, although the journey of the Czech Republic to NATO has been artificially deprived of any real alternatives. The text, however, does not criticize cheaply, but tries to support the arguments by analysing a wide range of professional literature, including the sources in foreign languages. It is also based on the documents of the Prague National Archive, the Military Historical Archive Prague and the Military Historical Archive Bratislava.

Keywords

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MILITARY HISTORY; DOCTRINE; STRATEGY; CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY; CZECH ARMY; NATO; WARSAW PACT TROOPS

• Publisher: Vojenský historický ústav Bratislava
• Journal: Vojenská história
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 116 - 138

Contributors

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Polnar Stanislav

• Univerzita obrany v Brně, Kounicova 65, 60 200 Brno, Czech Republic

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Prokop Bronislav