Appeasement Then and Now

Location:

Bohemian National Hall

321 East 73rd Street New York, NY 10021

Event:

In 1945, people asked: Can we coexist in peace? Will there be another war? In 2025, we ask the same questions. The talk will present new evidence regarding the pre-World War II escalating crisis and point out the parallels between the appeasers in the 1930s and today.

A talk by Igor Lukes, Professor of History and International Relations, Boston University

Presented by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences(SVU), New York Chapter

Free to the public. Suggested donation $15.

Seating is limited. Please Register.

Igor Lukes is a Professor of History and International Relations at Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston Universit. He has written about the interwar period, the Cold War, and contemporary politics. His books include Dejiny a doba postfakticka: eseje, uvahy, glosy (2022), On the Edge of the Cold War: American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague (2012), Rudolf Slansky: His Trials and Trial (2006), Czechoslovakia Between Stalin and Hitler: The Diplomacy of Edvard Benes in the 1930′s (1996). He is the recipient of the Central Intelligence Agency 2012 Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Literature on Intelligence and the 2000 Stanley Z. Pech Prize. Lukes is Honorary Consul General of the Czech Republic in Boston.