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008			240903s2012 nyua b 001 u eng d
020			_a9780062030313
050	0	0	_aDB2207 _b.A43 2012
082	0	0	_a943.712 ALB
100	1		_aAlbright, Madeleine Korbel, _d1937-2022
245	1	0	_aPrague winter _b: a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 _c/ Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
250			_aFirst edition
260			_aNew York _b: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers _c, 2012
300			_a467 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 427-444) and index.
505	0		_aSetting Out -- Part One: Before March 15, 1939 -- An Unwelcome Guest -- Tales of Bohemia -- The Competition -- The Linden Tree -- A Favorable Impression -- Out From Behind the Mountains -- "We Must Go On Being Cowards" -- A Hopeless Task -- Part Two: April 1939-April 1942 -- Starting Over -- Occupation and Resistance -- The Lamps Go Out -- The Irresistible Force -- Fire in the Sky -- The Alliance Comes Together -- The Crown of Wenceslas -- Part Three: May 1942-April 1945 -- Day of the Assassins -- Auguries of Genocide -- Terezin -- The Bridge Too Far -- Cried-out Eyes -- Doodlebugs and Gooney Birds -- Hitler's End -- Part Four: May 1945-November 1948 -- No Angels -- Unpatched -- A World Big Enough to Keep Us Apart -- A Precarious Balance -- Struggle for a Nation's Soul -- A Failure to Communicate -- The Fall -- Sands Through the Hour-Glass -- The Next Chapter -- Guide to personalities -- Time Lines.
520			_aMost people are aware of the result of the Munich agreement in 1938. Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelova), the first female U.S. secretary of state, provides a deeper account of the Czech Republic's road to independence. From Prague to the Terezin concentration camp (where many of her Jewish relatives perished) to the "winter" of the republic's existence as it endured the dictatorships of the Nazis and then the Communists, Albright details the situations and personalities prominent in this struggle. Though born only the year before the Munich agreement, Albright, the child of a Czech diplomat, has distinct insights into the moral dilemmas confronted by her countrymen. She spent the war in London with the exiled government and provides her childhood impressions of the Blitz. Although categorized as a memoir, this book represents history made more vivid by Albright's personal perspective. It serves as a remembrance of the personalities who defined this era, including her father and other Czech democrats who helped create the independent republic after World War I. The accessible style and inclusion of notes and timelines make this an excellent addition to any library.
546			_aEnglish
600	1	0	_aAlbright, Madeleine Korbel _21937-2022
650		4	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _x-Campaigns
650		0	_aJewish History
650			_aLarge print books
651		0	_aPrague (Czech Republic) _x--Social life and customs
651			_aCzech Republic _x-History _y-1938-1945
700	1		_aWoodward, William _d1951-
942			_cMO
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