LEADER 03714nam 2200565 450 001 9910824587003321 005 20240102112710.0 010 $a9780822988663$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9780822947028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29216121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29216121 035 $a(CKB)21708062100041 035 $a(OCoLC)1314613725 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100750 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921708062100041 100 $a20230624d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Slovak question $ea transatlantic perspective, 1914-1948 /$fMichael Cude 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPittsburgh, Pa. :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (299 pages) 225 1 $aRussian and East European Studies 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: Cude, Michael The Slovak Question : University of Pittsburgh Press,c2022 9780822947028 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Slovak Americans and the Czech and Slovak Independence Movements in World War I -- 2. The Transatlantic Slovak Question during the Founding of Czechoslovakia -- 3. The Interwar Years and Transatlantic Dialogue -- 4. The United States and the Diplomacy of the First Slovak Republic -- 5. World War II and the Slovaks in America -- 6. Postwar Czechoslovakia and the Transatlantic Slovak Question -- 7. Slovak Americans in Czechoslovakia's Communist Era -- Archival Collections -- Notes -- Index. 330 $a"The so-called Slovak question asked what place Slovaks held-or should have held-in the former state of Czechoslovakia. Formed in 1918 at the end of World War I from the remains of the Hungarian Empire, and reformed after ceasing to exist during World War II, the country would eventually split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia after the "Velvet Divorce" in 1993. In the meantime, the minority Slovaks often clashed with the majority Czechs over their role in the nation. The Slovak Question examines this debate from a transatlantic perspective. Explored through the relationship between Slovaks, Americans of Slovak heritage, and United States and Czechoslovakian policymakers, it shows how Slovak national activism in America helped the Slovaks establish a sense of independent identity and national political assertion after World War I. It also shows how Slovak American leaders influenced US policy by conceptualizing the United States and Slovakia as natural allies due to their connections through immigration. This process played a critical role in undermining attempts to establish a united Czechoslovakian identity and instead caused a divide between the two groups, which was exploited by Nazi Germany and then by other actors during the Cold War, and proved ultimately to be insurmountable"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRussian and East European Studies 606 $aNationalism$zSlovakia 606 $aSlovak Americans$xPolitics and government 606 $aSlovaks$xEthnic identity 607 $aCzechoslovakia$xEthnic$xrelations Political aspects 607 $aSlovakia$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSlovakia 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aSlovak Americans$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aSlovaks$xEthnic identity. 676 $a943.73 700 $aCude$b Michael$01702015 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824587003321 996 $aThe Slovak question$94086208 997 $aUNINA