Vojáci Kristovi, aréna volá! Sursum corda! Josef Kalvoda a český protikomunistický odboj v zahraničí
Soldiers of Christ, the arena calls! sursum corda! Josef Kalvoda and czech anti-communist resistance abroad

Summary/Abstract: Josef Kalvoda was an active young Christian politician in Czechoslovakia. Even before the communist putsch, he had been arrested and interrogated by the State Security agency, so he was left with no option but to go into exile in November 1948. When he was abroad, he got involved in the émigré political movement, which naturally had to endure considerable disunity, personal antipathies and a lack of conceptual thought. Without giving up his patriotism, Kalvoda left for the USA, where he successfully completed his studies and became a professor of history, the author of a number of books and studies as well as an advisor to President Ronald Reagan and his government. He continued to be involved with Czech émigrés as a member of their conservative wing, with substantial anti-communist leanings. He returned to Czechoslovakia soon after the collapse of communism. Josef Kalvoda died in 1999 in the American town of Hartford.

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