Jan Kavan: The Post-1968 Activities of a Leading Czechoslovak Exile

Autor:	Francis D. Raška
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Disarmament Czech Philosophy History General assembly Political science Agency (sociology) Economic history language Ethnology language.human_language
Zdroj:	The European Legacy. 22:779-788
ISSN:	1470-1316 1084-8770
Popis:	Jan Kavan (b. 1946) was one of the most active emigres who fled Czechoslovakia after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring. As his mother was British, Kavan settled in London. A devout socialist, he founded the Palach Press Agency and established a smuggling network for circulating banned literature to and from Czechoslovakia. Kavan was also active in the European Nuclear Disarmament movement. On his return to Czechoslovakia in 1990, Kavan held several important posts, including that of foreign minister of the Czech Republic and president of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Based largely on archival documents, this essay sheds light on some of the more controversial aspects of Kavan’s personality, life, and work.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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