The Czech Republic (Arbitrary Borders)

Description based on print version record. Map......Page 3 Contents......Page 8 Foreword by Senator George J. Mitchell......Page 9 Introduction by James I. Matray......Page 12 1: The Munich Agreement......Page 15 2: Early Czech History......Page 27 3: A Nationalist Revival......Page 39 4: The Czechs and World War I......Page 51 5: The Czechoslovak Republic......Page 63 6: The Second Republic and Nazi Rule......Page 77 7: The Third Republic and Communist Autocracy......Page 87 8: Reform on the Path to the Prague Spring......Page 98 9: Restoration of a Repressive State......Page 113 10: The Velvet Revolution and its Aftermath......Page 124 Chronology and Timeline......Page 136 Notes......Page 142 Bibliography......Page 145 Further Reading......Page 148 Index......Page 150 Picture Credits......Page 156 About the Contributors......Page 157 Looks at the history of the borders in the Czech Republic as a result of political, territorial, and economic disputes, and discusses the Velvet Revolution. Explores the changing political boundaries and their effects on theCzech people during the twentieth century