Czechoslovakia past and present : Volume 1: Political, international, social and economic aspects

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- A. CZECHOSLOVAKIA THROUGH THE SECOND WORLD WAR -- 1. Rise and Fall of the First Czechoslovak Republic: Historical Aspects -- The Role of President Wilson in the Foundation of Czechoslovakia / Mamatey, Victor S. -- Formative Years of the First Republic o...
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- A. CZECHOSLOVAKIA THROUGH THE SECOND WORLD WAR -- 1. Rise and Fall of the First Czechoslovak Republic: Historical Aspects -- The Role of President Wilson in the Foundation of Czechoslovakia / Mamatey, Victor S. -- Formative Years of the First Republic of Czechoslovakia. The Statesmanship of Antonin Švehla / Paleček, Anthony -- The Entry of German Parties into the Czechoslovak Government / Brügel, J. W. -- The Second Czechoslovak Republic, September 1938-March 1939: A Study in Political Change / Feierabend, Ivo K. -- The Establishment of Slovak Autonomy in 1938 / Anderle, Josef -- Personal Recollection of a Few Episodes in Czecho-Slovak Relations / Blaho, Pavel -- Some Aspects of Carpatho-Ukrainian History in Post-Munich Czechoslovakia / Procházka, Theodore -- 2. The First Czechoslovak Republic: Social and Economic Aspects -- The Roots of Czechoslovak Democracy / Táborský, Edward -- Political Parties in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938 / Hapala, Milan E. -- The Normological and Political Bases of the Legal Order of the First Czechoslovak Republic / Procházka, Adolf -- Czechoslovakia and International Organization / Munk, Frank -- Economic and Financial Policy of Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938 / Basch, Antonín -- Agriculture in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia / Feierabend, Ladislav K. -- The Progress of Czechoslovakia's Industrialization and its Effect upon National Unity / Mareš, Václav E. -- Social Progress in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938 / Ješina, Cestmír -- 3. Czechoslovakia and the Second World War -- The Role of Czechoslovakia in the Origins of World War II / Eubank, Keith -- Organization in the United States of the Struggle for Czechoslovakia's Independence, 1938 to 1941 / Papánek, Ján -- The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich: A Re-evaluation / Drábek, Jaroslav -- The Slovak Uprising of 1944 / Eliáš, Andrej -- The Years of German Occupation, 1939-1945: The First Totalitarian Attack on the Czech Economy / Holbík, Karel -- B. CONTEMPORARY CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- 1. Political Aspects -- The Political Role of the Coup of February 1948 in the History of Socialist Revolutions / Toma, Peter A. -- Action Committees: A Case Study of the Application and the Use of Action Committees in the Czechoslovak Nationalist Socialist Party / Bušek, Vratislav -- The Power Structure of Today's Czechoslovakia / Chalupa, Vlastislav J. -- Czechoslovakia's Relations with Underdeveloped Countries / Beck, Curt F. -- Czechoslovakia and the World Communist System / Tříska, Jan F. -- Czechoslovakia Twenty Years After / Tigrid, Pavel -- Futures of Czechoslovakia: Some Alternatives - Steps toward an Analytical Model / Nehněvajsa, Jiří -- 2. Social and Economic Aspects -- Economic Growth of Czechoslovakia Since World War II / Lazarčik, Gregor -- Short- and Long-Term Aspects of Changes in Czechoslovak Agriculture since the Second World War / Andic, V. E. -- The New Economic System in Czechoslovakia / Michal, Jan -- The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance: Its First Fifteen Years / Skála, Hugo M. -- Czechoslovak-Polish Cooperation in Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Energy: Foundation and Results / Polach, Jaroslav G. -- Czechoslovak Postwar Housing: A Case Study of Communist Czechoslovakia Housing Production as Compared to the United States / Šumichrast, Michael -- Public Welfare in Today's Czechoslovakia / Rozehnal, Alois -- Class Struggle and Civil Law: The Case of Czechoslovakia / Ulč, Otto -- Property Rights of Aliens under the Legal Order of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic / Kočvara, Štefan -- 3. Cultural Aspects -- Contemporary Czechoslovak Philosophy / Lobkowicz, Nikolaus -- The Age of John Hus in Recent Czechoslovak Historical Literature (1948-1961) / Mudroch, Václav -- Palacký: A Marxist Portrait / Záček, Joseph F. -- The Literature of De-Stalinization / Kárnet, George -- Art in Communist Czechoslovakia / Feierabend, Jana M. -- Total Planning of Science on the National and International Levels / Slamecka, Vladimir -- The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences / Roček, Jan -- C. CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE WORLD -- 1. Czechoslovakia and its Neighbors: Nationalism versus Federalism -- Central Eastern Europe at the Mid-Century / Gross, Feliks -- Czechoslovakia and Austria / Kann, Robert A. -- Czechoslovakia and Hungary / Borsody, Stephen -- Attempts at Czechoslovak-Polish Cooperation: Achievements and Failures / Wandycz, Piotr S. -- Czechoslovakia and Rumania: A Brief Historical Retrospect / Florescu, Radu R. -- Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Relations, 1933-1938 / Korbel, Josef -- Natonalism versus Federalism in Central and Southeast Europe / Raditsa, Bogdan -- Czechoslovakia's Federalist Heritage: A Historical Perspective / Hajda, Joseph -- 2. Czechoslovakia and Great Powers -- Czechoslovak Independence and the Great Powers: Retrospect and Prospect / Liška, George -- Czechoslovakia and Germany, 1933-1945 / Weinberg, Gerhard L. -- Great-Britain and Czechoslovakia, 1918-1948: An Outline of their Relations / Hanák, Harry -- Franco-Czechoslovak Relations 1918-1948 / Bradley, J. F. N. -- D. CZECHS AND SLOVAKS ABROAD -- The American Czechs, Slovaks, and Slavs in the Development of America's "Climate of Opinion" / Rouček, Joseph S. -- The Journalistic Endeavors of Czech and Slovak Exiles (1945-1964) / Duben, Vojtěch N. -- Czech Poets in Exile / Den, Petr -- Slovak Exile Literature / Vnuk, František Ausführliche Beschreibung