Zbyněk Anthony Bohuslav Zeman (18 October 1928 – 22 June 2011) was aCzech historian who later became a naturalizedBritish citizen.[1] He published widely on the history of Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century. As an academic, he taught at the Universities ofSt Andrews,Lancaster,Oxford andPrague.
He also worked forThe Economist magazine andAmnesty International.[2] In particular, Zeman was responsible for organising the translation into English ofAChronicle of Current Events, the samizdat periodical that documented human rights violations in the USSR from 1968 to 1982.
Selling the War: Art & Propaganda in World War II (London:Orbis Books, 1978)
Comecon Oil and Gas within the Overall Energy Context (with Jan Zoubek, London:Financial Times Press, 1977)
The Masaryks: The Making of Czechoslovakia (London:Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976; reprinted by Tauris, 1990)
A Diplomatic History of World War I (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971; US edition asThe Gentleman Negotiators: A Diplomatic History of World War I, New York:Macmillan, 1971)
Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (London: BPC Unit 75, 1971)
Prague Spring: A Report on Czechoslovakia 1968 (Harmondsworth:Penguin, 1969)
