Prague Winter : A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 Paperback - 2013
by Madeleine Albright
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From former Secretary of State Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War.
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- Title Prague Winter : A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
- Author Madeleine Albright
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, US
- Date 2013
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0062030345I3N00
- ISBN 9780062030344 / 0062030345
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.99 x 5.33 x 1.14 in (20.29 x 13.54 x 2.90 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Central Europe
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Prague (Czech Republic), World War, 1939-1945 - Czechoslovakia
- Dewey Decimal Code 943.712
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From the rear cover
Before Madeleine Albright turned twelve, her life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, the Battle of Britain, the near-total destruction of European Jewry, the Allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Drawing on her memory, her parents' written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly available documents, Albright recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring.
In Prague Winter, Albright reflects on her discovery of her family's Jewish heritage many decades after the war, on her Czech homeland's tangled history, and on the stark moral choices faced by her parents and their generation. At once a deeply personal memoir and an incisive work of history, Prague Winter serves as a guide to the future through the lessons of the past--as seen through the eyes of one of the international community's most respected and fascinating figures.