| Edition |
First HarperLuxe edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 730 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [677]-719). |
| Summary |
From former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War. |
| Contents |
Setting out -- Pt. 1: 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 -- Pt. II: 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 -- Pt. III: 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 -- Pt. IV: 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 hourglass -- The next chapter -- Guide to personalities -- Time lines. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Subject |
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1938-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia.
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Albright, Madeleine Korbel -- Family.
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Albright, Madeleine Korbel -- Childhood and youth.
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Jewish families -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Biography.
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Prague (Czech Republic) -- Biography.
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Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Czech Republic -- Prague.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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| Added Author |
Woodward, William, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9780062128423 paperback $29.99 |
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0062128426 paperback |
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