Joan McGuire Mohr is an American historian and writer in

military history Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to local and international relationships. Professional historians norma ...

, historical fiction, and

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. As an immigration historian she specializes in Slavic Immigration to the United States. Mohr consulted as a Research Fellow for the Institute for Learning at the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

, and for museums in the United States and Central Europe.

Work

Mohr's area of expertise is American Immigration History with an emphasis on

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and Slovak homeland and host settlement conditions post 1850 to

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. Mohr described the role of the

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during the

Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...

in her book, The Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia from 1917 to 1922 (2012). Mohr's work, ''The Blood Orphans'', a three book historical fiction series, covers the post World War II era in Czechoslovakia and the death of

Jan Masaryk Jan Garrigue Masaryk (14 September 1886 – 10 March 1948) was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest, turbul ...

in 1948.

References

External links

Joan McGuire Mohr Czech and Slovak Legion site & Lecture & book InfoMcFarland Press Czech & Slovak Legion Book Title Page
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