Czechoslovakia 
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SOURCE: Public Books
10/27/2022
Small Nations, Big Feelings: America's Favored European Nations Before Ukraine
by Madelyn Lugli
"Feeling patriotism for a foreign country is, when you think about it, odd."
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6/6/2021
Two Films Show the Historical Toll and Present Danger of Ethnic Violence
by Walter G. Moss
Two films show the dire consequences of ethnic antagonism during and after the second world war, and the potential for ideology to incite and justify violence.
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SOURCE: The New York Times
7/25/2020
Milos Jakes, Czech Communist Leader, Is Dead at 97
Mr. Jakes “came to be seen as the epitome of an out-of-touch Communist Party functionary,” said professor Mary Heimann.
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12/10/19
30 years after Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution, have we come full circle?
by Gideon Remez
History is repeating itself as Havelian satire rather than farce. Again, an autocratic Moscow is working to expand its sphere, weaken its adversaries and break up their alliances.
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SOURCE: Time
November 16, 2019
Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution Started 30 Years Ago—But It Was Decades in the Making
by Andy Kopsa
The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia had been long in the making before protests erupted 30 years ago.
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10/28/18
Czechs Are Celebrating Their Country’s Centennial. We Should, Too.
by Daniel E. Miller
Democracy prevailed there while it’s been dying elsewhere.
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SOURCE: NYT
8-20-18
50 Years After Prague Spring, Lessons on Freedom (and a Broken Spirit)
The events that played out 50 years ago in Prague serve as a reminder of the fragility of the systems created to guard against war and tyranny.
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