Co-published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 2002. —
205 p.
List of maps.
Introduction: Czechs and Slovaks in Austria-Hungary.
1918: The World War and the Making of the State.
The First Czechoslovak Republic, 1918 - 1938.
1938: Foreign Policy and the Munich Agreement.
World War II: Resistance, Propaganda and National Survival.
1948: Communist Coup and Stalinist Rule.
1968: Prague Spring and the Soviet Invasion.
Normalisation and Dissent: 1968 - 1988.
1989: The Velvet Revolution.
Epilogue: 1992: The Velvet Divorce.
Suggestions for Further Reading.