In: Historický časopis, vol. 65, no. 5
Étienne Boisserie
Details:
Year, pages: 2019, 879 - 894
Language: eng
Keywords:
Ivan Markovič. Vavro Šrobár. MPS. Italian military mission. Slovak
political Catholicism.
Document type: časopis
About article:
The study analyses how the prevailing situation in Slovakia during the first months
of 1919 was reported in part of the official or more informal correspondence between
Ivan Markovič and Vavro Šrobár on the one hand and Edvard Beneš on the
other.
Some specific material problems occurred and the Czechoslovak authorities faced
the reluctance of part of the civilian population. They also had to cope with the Italian
military mission that was widely considered unreliable and Hungarian-leaning.
The core of the correspondence is made up of considerations on the material and
political uncertainties arising from the lasting shortages, the weakness of the nascent
Czechoslovak apparatus and the latter’s difficulties stabilizing the situation in
the whole region (and more specifically in some counties). As the weeks went by,
the importance of a final decision regarding the borders with Hungary was firmly
underlined, while the Slovak authorities were poorly informed on the overall diplomatic
and political situation in Paris. Meanwhile, Slovak political Catholicism
remained ambiguous and led agitation challenging and potentially weakening the
Czechoslovak authorities. Markovič’s correspondence expresses the instability of
the Czechoslovak authorities’ positions, shifting between partial improvements
and lasting difficulties. At the end of April 1919, the overall situation remained
precarious.
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Boisserie, É. 2019. «LA SITUATION N’EST PAS ENCORE CRITIQUE...» LES PROBLÈMES DE CONTRÔLE DE LA SLOVAQUIE DANS LA CORRESPONDANCE MARKOVIČ – BENEŠ – ŠROBÁR (FÉVRIER – MAI 1919). In Historický časopis, vol. 65, no.5, pp. 879-894. 0018-2575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2017.65.5.5
APA:
Boisserie, É. (2019). «LA SITUATION N’EST PAS ENCORE CRITIQUE...» LES PROBLÈMES DE CONTRÔLE DE LA SLOVAQUIE DANS LA CORRESPONDANCE MARKOVIČ – BENEŠ – ŠROBÁR (FÉVRIER – MAI 1919). Historický časopis, 65(5), 879-894. 0018-2575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2017.65.5.5
About edition:
Publisher: Historický ústav SAV
Published: 30. 3. 2019