history – 20th century(199)

Ve jménu života vašeho...

Sametová revoluce po 30 letech

Mezi konkurencí a spoluprací

This book’s subject is the overall and significant transformation of our university and research programs over a span of twenty-five year...

Univerzita Karlova a Československá akademie věd 1945–1969

Bylo to na věčné časy, dokud to neskončilo

The collapse of socialism was absolutely unexpected for the inhabitants of the Soviet Union, but at the same time, it was absolutely inev...

Poslední sovětská generace

Historicko-sociologické reflexe

This book, published on the occasion of the sociologist Jiří Šubrt’s 60th birthday, presents the researcher’s work in its multifaceted br...

Masaryk iritující a fascinující

Masaryk Irritating and Fascinating is a vivid and engaging rendition of T. G. Masaryk’s life story as well as of the philosophical legacy...

Rozmluvy s Antonínem Švehlou a o Švehlovi

This memoir-based text written by Czech journalist, diplomat and author, Karel Mečíř, is devoted to Antonín Švehla, a Czech politician, s...

Vzpomínky agrárního diplomata Karla Mečíře

Drama dirigenta

Conductor’s Drama is the first extensive biography of Jaroslav Krombholc (1918–1983), the most talented conductor from Václav Talich’s sc...

Jaroslav Krombholc v osidlech doby

Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia

This book tells the story of life of Kamill Resler, attorney who defended the most prominent Nazi tried in post-war Czechoslovakia: Karl ...

The Life of K. Resler, Defence Counsel ex officio of K. H. Frank

Exile in London

During World War II, London experienced not just the Blitz and the arrival of continental refugees, but also an influx of displaced forei...

The Experience of Czechoslovakia and the Other Occupied Nations, 1939–1945

Tři životy

This book presents the life of political prisoner František Falerski (1927–1969). In his childhood and youth, his personality was shaped...

František Falerski – skaut, politický vězeň a osobnost K 231

Las relaciones entre Europa Central y América Latina

This book addresses the relations between Central Europe and Latin America. The scholars primarily focus on the 20th century when contact...

Contextos históricos