Get Your Armor On is very personal to me as it was born out of a desire to help my children learn to cope with the drugs, the language and inappropriate behaviors they witnessed on a daily basis in school and in the world. My prayer for this book is twofold: first, that the words and the scripture these teens read would become deeply rooted in their spirits and as a result, instill courage, wisdom, and confidence; further empowering their walk in a way they have never before experienced. Second, that parents and their children would develop a more open dialogue with each other, forging a...

This book meticulously recreates the most important episodes in Czech-German relations in what is now the Czech Republic. Drawing on extensive archival research, Stephen M. Thomas depicts the formation of the Czechoslovak Republic from the ruined Austro-Hungarian empire and examines political and public life between world wars via the ethnic rivalry between Germans and Czechs. He questions the nature, legitimacy and political viability of the nation state, and especially its relationship to ethnic minorities, such as the Slovaks. Confrontational nationalism and the use of ethnicity as a...