NOVÉ MOŽNOSTI BÁDANIA O VÝZNAMNOM ZAPOJENÍ MILANA RASTISLAVA ŠTEFÁNIKA DO VYTVÁRANIA ČESKO-SLOVENSKEJ ARMÁDY

The historical personality of M. R. Štefánik as a scientist, officer, diplomat and founder of Czechoslovakia has already been presented and analysed in countless studies based on standard archival and documentary sources. The authors of the study have chosen an inquiry approach based on: a/ documentary sources of information less considered under-appreciated so far; b/ more rigorous comparative and confrontational analysis of accounts in relation to Štefánik by his contemporaries; c/ new perspectives even regarding the hitherto long-established and seemingly verified understandings of Štefánik and his historical significance.