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- Title
The Polish-Czechoslovak Confederation Project in British Policy, 1939-1943: A Federalist Alternative to Postwar Settlement in East Central Europe?
- Authors
Vasilenko, Victoria
- Abstract
This article examines the Polish-Czechoslovak confederation project of 1939-1943, which was seen by its proponents in wartime London as the core of a potential Central European Federation. The author devotes special attention to British policy, as it helps not only to understand how the project fitted into British and Allied post-war planning, but also to reveal the various alternatives that were being considered for postwar settlement in East Central Europe. The main reason for the confederation project's failure was the well-known Soviet veto. However, there were other factors that made the USSR's policy so decisive.
- Subjects
EUROPE; CZECHOSLOVAK-Polish Confederation (Proposed); FEDERAL government; POLISH politics &; government, 1918-1945; CZECHOSLOVAKIAN politics &; government -- 1938-1945; BRITISH foreign relations; SOVIET Union foreign relations; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY; 20TH century British history
- Publication
Canadian Journal of History, 2014, Vol 49, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
0008-4107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/cjh.49.2.203