Prague winter a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937 - 1948
Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
- 1. ed.
- X, 467 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-444) and index
Setting 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.
9780062030313 hbk
2011049416
Albright, Madeleine Korbel--Family Albright, Madeleine Korbel--Childhood and youth
World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia Jewish families--Czech Republic--Prague--Biography World War, 1939-1945--Czech Republic--Prague
Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945 Prague (Czech Republic)--Biography Prague (Czech Republic)--History--20th century
Class of Spring 2013 Class of Spring 2010 Guest speaker