Author presents history from two perspectives
The Czech Heritage Club hosted Kenneth Janda at its Tuesday, July 10, meeting at New Prague City Hall. Janda is the author of the book “The Emperor and the Peasant,” which provides a look at the Great War (World War I) from two vastly different perspectives.
Janda, the Payson S. Wild Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, explained the emperor was Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and monarch of other states in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The other person was Samuel Mozolak, a Slovak peasant and the grandfather of Janda's wife, Ann. Janda detailed background history of the two men and how they were involved. Josef became Emperor when he was 18 and ruled just 11 days short of 68 years. He ruled autocratically and had been a soldier, but not a warlord. He was among those that......
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