Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed

by Mary Heimann

Book Overview

This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from its founding in 1918 to partition in 1992--from fledgling democracy through Nazi occupation, Communist rule, and invasion by the Soviet Union to, at last, democracy again.

The common Western view of Czechoslovakia has been that of a small nation that was sacrificed at Munich in 1938 and betrayed to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300172427
• ISBN13: 9780300172423
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"