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Autobiografický román Léto, kdy otec zemřel maďarské autorky Yudit Kiss pojednává o osudech středoevropské rodiny postižené politickými zvraty posledního století, zejména protižidovským pronásledováním před druhou světovou válkou a během ní. Život členů této rodiny, poskládaný ze střípků vzpomínek hrstky příbuzných, kteří přežili, je vsazen do rámce přítomnosti, do nedávného léta, kdy autorčin otec umíral na rakovinu. Kromě mozaiky čtivých, výstižně napsaných příběhů věnuje tato próza hlavní pozornost napětí mezi generací...

This study charts the development of the defense industries of the Visegrad countries--Czechoslovakia and its successor states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Poland; and Hungary. In the first part, national case studies underline the different approaches to reform adopted in the individual countries. The second part uses unique information derived from extensive interviews at enterprises in each of the four countries to examine the transformation of industry from a producer perspective.

The defence industry was one of the pillars of the classic command economy system in Central Europe. Since the early 1990s the sector has gone through dramatic changes. It was radically downsized, reorganized and restructured according to the needs of the emerging new socio-economic systems. One of the major factors that shaped this adjustment was the enlargement of NATO and the European Union and the prospect of integration into these two organizations. The military establishments and defence industries became principal actors in the integration process, which helped them to acquire new...

More Nights Than Days is a unique exploration of the experience of children who survived the Holocaust—including Roma and Sinti victims—and the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. Children are among the principal victims of armed conflicts and slaughters; nonetheless, they perceive events through the prism of their unique perspective and have a range of coping techniques adults don't possess. This overview of writings of ninety-one child survivors bears evidence from a wide range of human ruthlessness. The author presents little-known texts along with famous memoirs and...