De2MP_VSCL Development of statehood in 1938 - 1948

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. František Hanzlík, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. František Hanzlík, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the major milestones in the development of Czech statehood in the period between 1938 and Munich in February 1948, show the effects of the division of spheres of influence between the victorious powers in the development of the struggle for political power in Czechoslovakia in 1945 - 1948. Help deepen students' ability to independently analyze the sources of various origins and literature on this and use their content in the interpretation of specific content issues related to the development in the years 1938 - 1948.
Syllabus
  • Causes and consequences of Munich 1938 for cs. statehood, the possibility of military defense of the Republic in 1938. Political development II. Republic, Czechoslovakia violent break in March 1939. Background of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the independent Slovak Republic. Efforts to preserve the continuity of cs. statehood in foreign and domestic resistance, creating conditions for restoration of statehood in the final Phase II. World War II. Designing software platform, the new government, Kosice government program. Inside and outside the context of political developments in the years 1945 - 1948 (Benes decrees, transfer, retribution, elections 1946, etc.). Possibilities and limits to the main political forces in the struggle to seize power in this period. February 1948 and its consequences.
Literature
    required literature
  • BENEŠ, Edvard. Paměti : [od Mnichova k nové válce a k novému vítězství]. Edited by Karel Novotný. 5. vyd., v Našem vojsku 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 2004, 531 s. ISBN 8020607099. info
  • HANZLÍK, František. Vojenské obranné zpravodajství v zápasu o politickou moc :1945-1950. Vyd. 1. Praha: Úřad dokumentace a vyšetřování zločinů komunismu PČR, 2003, 357 s. ISBN 80-7312-028-3. info
  • KAPLAN, Karel. Pět kapitol o únoru. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1997, 557 s. ISBN 808576573X. info
  • HANZLÍK, František. Únor 1948 : výsledek nerovného zápasu : [tajné služby na cestě k moci]. Praha: PREWON, 1997, 255 s. info
  • BENEŠ, Edvard. Šest let exilu a druhé světové války : řeči, projevy a dokumenty z r. 1938-45. 3. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1946, 478 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written essay, colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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