Stanislav J. Kirschbaum is professor and chairman of the Department of International Studies at York University’s bilingual Glendon College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition to his appointment at York University, he has taught at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and has held visiting professorships at Université Laval in Quebec City, Université de Montréal and Trnavská univerzita in Trnava, Slovakia. He is a specialist in Central European politics, in particular security issues dealing with the region, and on the politics of Communist Czechoslovakia and Slovakia in the modern era, on which he has published extensively.
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia on November 25, 1992 (the 'Gentle
Divorce') gave birth to the Second Republic of Slovakia on January
1, 1993. Until then, except for the six-year period, 1939-45, of
the First Republic of Slovakia, the Slovaks had been part of other
nations–Moravia, Hungary, and twice Czechoslovakia. Thus, with
independence, the Slovaks were able to fulfill a deep sense of
self-identity. Kirschbaum has written all three editions of this
title (2nd ed., 2007; 1st ed., CH, Jun'99, 36-5420), using the same
format of chronology, introduction, dictionary, and bibliography.
In this volume, the chronology is updated to June 29, 2013. The
1,000-plus expanded dictionary entries on people, places, things,
and events are broad in scope and complement the introduction.
Throughout, the author discusses the challenges Slovakia has met
since independence. The bibliography is extensive and divided into
sections titled 'General,' 'Culture,' 'Economics,' 'History,' and
'Society.'. . . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level
undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers.
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This is an update to the 2007 Historical Dictionary of Slovakia by
the same author. The book includes a very detailed chronology of
Slovak history from 179 C.E.-January 2013 followed by a substantial
historical overview that includes information on the development of
Slovakia politically and economically since 1993. Entries include
people, places, concepts, key events, organizations and political
parties, and even important periodical publications. January 2013
marked two decades of democratic government within the country, the
longest period of democracy in the country’s history. An appendix
contains a list of all of the rulers of the Slovak lands, from 623
C.E.-2013. The book also contains an extensive bibliographic essay
of works on Slovak history in English, Slovak and several other
languages, as well as helpful Websites for archives, libraries, and
Slovak ministries. Overall, this is an important update that most
large university libraries will want to acquire.
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