Stefan Karner Peter Ruggenthaler (36 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with red and white lettering. 510 informative and historical pages! "On August 20, 1968, tens of thousands of Soviet and East European ground and air forces moved into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country in an attempt to end the 'Prague Spring' reforms and restore an orthodox Communist regime. The leader of the Soviet Communist Party, Leonid Brezhnev, was initially reluctant to use military force and tried to pressure his counterpart in Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubcek, to crack down. But during the summer of 1968, after several months of careful deliberations, the Soviet Politburo finally decide that military force was the only option left. A large invading force of Soviet, Polish, Hungarian, and Bulgarian troops received final orders to move into Czechoslovakia; within 24 hours they had established complete military control of Czechoslovakia, bringing an end to hopes for 'socialism with a human face.' Dubcek and most of the other Czechoslovak reformers were temporarily restored to power, but their role from late August 1968 through April 1969 was to reverse many of the reforms that had been adopted. In April 1969, Dubchek was forced to step down for good, bringing a final end to the Prague Spring. Soviet leaders justified the invasion of Czechoslovakia by claiming that 'the fate of any socialist country is the common affair of all socialist countries' and that the Soviet Union had both a 'right' and a 'sacred duty' to 'defend socialism' in Czechoslovakia. The invasion caused some divisions within the Communist world, but overall the use of large-scale force proved remarkably successful in achieving Soviet goals. The United States and its N.A.T.O. allies protested but refrained from direct military action and covert operations to counter the Soviet-led incursion into Czechoslovakia. The essays of a dozen leading European and American Cold War historians analyze this turning point in the Cold War in light of new documentary evidence from the archives of two dozen countries and exp.".

372 SS. Mit mehreren Textabbildungen. Gr. 8°. Opbd. "Kriegsfolgen -Forschung". Sonderband 16.

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 615 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 21 cm.

Zwangsarbeit in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft auf dem Gebiet Österreichs 1939 bis 1945. Wien, Oldenbourg, 2004. Mit vielen Fotoabb., Graphiken u.Tabellen im Text, 614 S., OKart., Schnitt minimal fleckig; gutes Expl. (= Veröff.d.Österr.Historikerkommission. Vermögensentzug während der NS-Zeit sowie Rückstellungen u.Entschädigungen seit 1945 in Österr., 26/2).

615 S., graph. Darst. Br. *nahezu neuwertig*.

8°, Pappband. Condition: Gut. Erstauflage, EA. 433 Seiten Schutzumschlag, guter bis sehr guter Zustand Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Condition: New. In der Nacht vom 20. auf den 21. August 1968 marschierten Truppen der Warschauer Pakt-Staaten - der UdSSR, Polens, der DDR, Ungarns und Bulgariens - in die CSSR ein. Sie beendeten damit gewaltsam die Reformbewegung des tschechoslowakischen KP-Chefs Alexande.

gebundene Ausgabe. 1296 S. Original-Eingeschweißt L024 9783412202071 *.* Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2401.