Jednotný systém brannej výchovy obyvateľstva a jeho realizácia na Slovensku v rokoch 1969 – 1991

Unified Defence Training of Citizens and Its Implementation in Slovakia in the Years 1969 – 1991

Autor: ŠTAIGL Jan

ŠTAIGL, Jan: Jednotný systém brannej výchovy obyvateľstva a jeho realizácia na Slovensku v rokoch 1969 – 1991. 

ŠTAIGL, Jan: Unified citizen-based defence training and its implementation in Slovakia in the years 1969 – 1991.

Vojenská história, 2, 16, 2012, pp 125-156.

The author provides the genesis of defence education in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia from the 1920s, when the first attempts to codify defence education and training in the system of public care and education arose, with special emphasis on the young generation. In a comprehensive manner, the author depicts the interwar era, the period of the Slovak Republic, as well as the development of the subject matter after the restoration of Czechoslovakia against the backdrop of the international situation. The author maps out the concept of the unified system of defence education and training in the years 1969 – 1991. The core of the study is comprised of an analysis of the defence education system in Slovakia. In the context of the era, the author clearly explains the individual content aspects of education, concentrates on the organizational structure of the Army Association in Slovakia, the scope of its activities, the rules of defence education throughout schools, preparation of conscripts, sustainment of defence training for military reserves, as well as on the forms and facets of civil defence. The author provides suitable overviews and statistics to illustrate the raised questions. In addition, he addresses the issue of propaganda in the given field. He also refers to particular forms of defence public education – including, notably, Spartakiada exercises and other sports international competitions and tournaments, which played an indispensable role in the defence education and training system.

Key words: Military history. Slovakia. The years 1969 – 1991. Defence education and training in Slovakia.

 

Ročník: 16 | Číslo: 2/2012 | Stránky: 125-156