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This survey of Czech and Slovak history traces the development of two neighboring peoples through the creation of a common Czechoslovakian state in 1918 to the founding of the independent Czech and Slovak Republics in 1993 and beyond.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Acknowledgments Timeline of Historical Events 1 The Czech Republic and Slovakia Today 2 Origins and Medieval Legacies 3 The Late Middle Ages 4 Religious Controversies and Military Conflicts (1400s–1700s) 5 Into the Modern Era: Reform, Revolution, and National Awakening (1740–1914) 6 World War I and the First Czechoslovak Republic (1914–1938) 7 The Munich Agreement and World War II(1938–1945) 8 The Postwar Era and the Communist Regime (1945–1989) 9 The Velvet Revolution, the "Velvet Divorce," and the Two Republics (1989–2009) Notable People in the History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia Bibliography Index

About the Author

William M. Mahoney is associate professor and chair of the Department of History and International Studies at West Virginia Wesleyan College, USA.