Jak to bylo s demisemi v únoru 1948
How was it with the resignations in february 1948

Summary/Abstract: For more than forty years, Czech historiography has accepted the wrong notion that the communist assumption of power in February 1948 took place using basically constitutional and legal means, even though the communists widely used the pressures in the streets and most of their methods were disputable. It was only historian Václav Veber who demonstrated beyond dispute that the events in February 1948 were a coup d’état not only according to the common sense, but also to the strict interpretation of law. The study focuses on two problems: how come that Beneš failed so grossly at a moment of utmost threat to the state, and how come that his unconstitutional behaviour has not been known for a long time.

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