Publication details
The Evolution of the Munich Betrayal Myth : Analysis of the Munich Conference Interpretation in Czech Textbooks Before and After the Velvet Revolution
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Slavic Military Studies |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CRqfYCTWHJJvIkTUjmX6/full?target=10.1080/13518046.2019.1616921 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13518046.2019.1616921 |
| Keywords | Munich Conference; Munich Myth; evolution of the narrative; Czechoslovakia |
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| Description | This article focuses on the evolution of the narrative of the Munich Myth, which interprets the Munich Conference and the capitulation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, as it was constructed and distributed by state authorities in Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic, between 1945 and 2015. The article frames the evolution of the narrative in the context of political and social changes to examine how deeply such changes affected the narrative. The results demonstrate that changes in external conditions projected remarkably into the evolution of the narrative. However, the key message of the Munich Myth — the message of Czech smallness, which determined not only defeatism in this particular case but also general passivity in IR — endured, basically intact, for 70 years. |