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Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948
- Title
- Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 / Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward.
- Author
- Albright, Madeleine Korbel.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2012]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | *PWZ (Albright, M.) 12-1392 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Woodward, William, 1951-
- Description
- x, 467 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Former Secretary of State Albright's account provides a unique lens to view the tumultuous period of her early life from 1937 to 1948, detailing the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World War II, the Holocaust, fascism, communism, and the Cold War.
- Subject
- 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
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- HISTORY / General
- Czechoslovakia > History > 1938-1945
- Prague (Czech Republic) > Biography
- Prague (Czech Republic) > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-444) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- *PWZ (Albright, M.) 12-1392
- ISBN
- 9780062030313
- 0062030310
- LCCN
- 2011049416
- OCLC
- 2011049416
- Author
- Albright, Madeleine Korbel.
- Title
- Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 / Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2012]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-444) and index.
- Added Author
- Woodward, William, 1951-
- Research Call Number
- *PWZ (Albright, M.) 12-1392