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VYDÁVA HISTORICKÝ ÚSTAV SLOVENSKEJ AKADÉMIE VIED, V. V. I. ISSN 0018-2575 (print) ISSN 2585-9099 (online) EV 3084/09
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Between Expert Knowledge and Ideology: The Stance of Czechoslovak Diplomacy Towards Violations of Czechoslovak Airspace Between 1948 and 1968 Historický časopis, 2025, 73, 5, pp. 1055-1078, Bratislava Abstract: This study analyses the diplomatic activity of the Czechoslovak Communist Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 1950s and 1960s in cases of military air incidents involving violations of Czechoslovak airspace or violations of the airspace of other states by Czechoslovak military aircraft. The author has compiled a collection of 85 air incidents for which extensive records exist in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main diplomatic opponents of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs in these incidents were the US diplomatic service and, to a lesser extent, the Federal Republic of Germany. The study primarily examines the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the communist power system in the process of responding to airspace violations and the extent of its decision-making powers. Furthermore, what was the nature of these decisions? Were they influenced more by political realism or ideology? What level of expertise did the officials involved in these cases possess? How did the ministry’s diplomatic and press strategies differ? Methodologically, the study is based on the concept of “new diplomatic history” and the concept of expert knowledge and technocratic management in communist Czechoslovakia. The study analyses the most serious “profile” incidents, examines the question of cooperation between the individual actors of the power-political system in resolving them, and in the final part focuses on the factors that influenced the seriousness and manner of resolving individual incidents. The author concludes that, when it came to resolving military aviation incidents, Czechoslovak communist diplomacy displayed a considerable degree of political realism, due in part to the professional quality of the ministry’s top officials. Keywords: Cold War. Violations of Airspace. Czechoslovakia. 1948–1968. Diplomacy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2025.73.5.8
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