Ebook: Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia

"This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880-1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. He played the key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak army. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research"--