Eastern European Exiles in Postwar America

This presentation will focus on the formation and development of anti-Communist organizations comprised of political exiles from East-central and South-East Europe in the United States during the early Cold War.

Martin Nekola, Ph.D. received his doctorate in political science at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. His research is focused on non-democratic regimes, the era of Communism, Czech communities abroad, and the East-European anti-communist exiles in the United States during the Cold War. From time to time he participates in election observation missions organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). He is the member of Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), and is the author of more than three hundred articles and twenty-four books. He is also the Czechoslovak Talks Project (www.czechoslovaktalks.com/en) coordinator.