A Cardboard Castle? An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991
ed. by Vojtech Mastny and Malcolm Byrne (Budapest: Central European Press, 2005)
Book Launches in Warsaw, Vienna, and Washington
11, 14 May; 9 June 2005
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| Vienna book launch: | ||||
The international conference on the fiftieth anniversary of the Austrian State Treaty “Der österreichische Staatsvertrag zwischen internationaler Strategie und nationaler Identität” covers the State Treaty and Austria's neutrality in the
East-West context in 1955 and onwards, German-Austrian relations, international law, questions of compensation and restititution, and the treaty's impact on Austrian identity and European integration. Also, as the first of three seminars on
the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Warsaw Pact, the conference concludes with a discussion of A Cardboard Castle? An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991. |
Institute for Eastern European History Spitalgasse 2/Hof 3 1090 Vienna |
11 May 2005, 6:00 pm | ||
| Warsaw book launch: | ||||
| Presentation of the book A Cardboard Castle? followed by short reminiscences of the first Polish representative in the Warsaw Pact, general Tadeusz Pióro and a presentation of the research project on the history of the Polish army after the Second World War, by professor col. Komorowski, head of the Military Bureau of Historical Research. | Military Bureau of Historical Research / Wojskowe Biuro Badan Historycznych ul. Banacha 2 00-909 Warsaw |
14 May 2005, 11:30 am | ||
| Washington book launch: | ||||
Within the Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) Seminar Series, designed to provide a forum for the discussion of new and important publications and findings on Cold War history, the book A Cardboard Castle? will be presented, featuring the editors Malcolm Byrne (National Security Archive) and Vojtech Mastny (National Security Archive). Special speakers are William E. Odom and Lawrence S. Kaplan. |
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004-3027 |
9 June 2005 |
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