Czech Books Martin Brown: a post-Cold War perspective on the wartime Czechoslovak government in London
Martin Brown is an English historian with a particular interest in twentieth century Czechoslovak history. His mother is Czech and he speaks both languages fluently, enabling him to move effortlessly between sources in both Czech and English. Martin was recently in Prague for the launch of the Czech version of his appraised study of the Czechoslovak government in exile in London during the Second World War. The book “Dealing with Democrats”, published by Peter Lang, is anything but a dry study of diplomatic history. Instead it offers intriguing insights into the difficult and shifting relations between Czechoslovak wartime émigrés - led by President Edvard Beneš - and Britain’s Foreign Office. I caught up with Martin at the launch to talk about the book.
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