Czechoslovakia : The State That Failed

by Mary Heimann

• ISBN13: 9780300172423
• ISBN10: 0300172427
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-03-29
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Czechoslovakia lasted for just seventy-four years, the span of an average person's lifetime. In those years, it experienced democracy, Fascist dictatorship, Nazi occupation, Communist rule, Soviet invasion and, finally, democracy again.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Spelling, Translation and Place Names	p. xiii
Guide to Pronunciation	p. xviii
Introduction	p. xx
Before Czechoslovakia	p. 1
The Invention of a State	p. 20
A Troubled Democracy	p. 48
The Fascist Appeal	p. 87
A Republic and a Protectorate	p. 111
From National Cleansing to Communist Dictatorship	p. 150
Building the Socialist State	p. 177
The Bratislava and Prague Springs	p. 211
Back to Normal	p. 243
From Resentment to Revolution	p. 278
The End of Czechoslovakia	p. 307
Notes	p. 325
Bibliography	p. 358
Index	p. 376
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