New book by dr. Václav Šmidrkal: Něžné zbraně

Why did the socialist army place so much emphasis on the existence of its own music, theatre and art groups? And how did Soviet models such as Alexandrov's song and dance troupe manage to translate into Central European practice? These are the questions that our colleague Václav Šmidrkal from the Department of German and Austrian Studies seeks to answer in his new book "Něžné zbraně".

The book was published this year by Academia and can be purchased here

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