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MILOSLAV RECHCIGL, JR. Preface 5

A. THROUGH THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1. Rise and Fall of the First Czechoslovak Republic: Historical Aspects

VICTOR S. MAMATEY The Role of President Wilson in the Foundation of Czecho- slovakia * 19

ANTHONY PALECEK Formative Years of the First Republic of Czechoslovakia. The Statesmanship of Antonin Svehla 30

J. W. BRUGEL The Entry of German Parties into the Czechoslovak Govern- ment 49

Ivo K. FEIERABEND The Second Czechoslovak Republic, September 1938-March 1939: A Study in Political Change * 65

JOSEF ANDERLE The Establishment of Slovak Autonomy in 1938 * . . . . 76

PAVEL BLAHO Personal Recollection of a Few Episodes in Czecho-Slovak Relations * 98

* The papers presented at the Second Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America are marked with an asterisk. 10 Table of Contents

THEODORE PROCHÄZKA Some Aspects of Carpatho-Ukrainian History in Post-Munich Czechoslovakia * 107

2. The First Czechoslovak Republic: Social and Economic Aspects

EWARD TÄBORSY The Roots of Czechoslovak Democracy * 117

MILAN E. HAPALA Political Parties in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938 * 124

ADOLF PROCHÄZKA The Normological and Political Bases of the Legal Order of the First Czechoslovak Republic * 141

FRANK MÜNK Czechoslovakia and International Organization * 150

ANTONIN BÄSCH Economic and Financial Policy of Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938* 158

LADISLAV K. FEIERABEND Agriculture in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia . . 170

VACLAV E. MARES The Progress of Czechoslovakia's Industrialization and its Effect upon National Unity * 183

CESTMIR JE§INA Social Progress in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938 190

3. Czechoslovakia and the Second World War

KEITH EUBANK

The Role of Czechoslovakia in the Origins of World War II * 205

JAN PAPANEK Organization in the of the Struglle for Czecho- slovakia's Independence, 1938 to 1941 * 214 JAROSLAV DRABEK The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich: A Re-evaluation * 224 Table of Contents 11

ANDREJ ELIAS The Slovak Uprising of 1944 * 237

KAREL HOLBI'K The Years of German Occupation, 1939-1945: The First Totalitarian Attack on the Czech Economy * 249

B. CONTEMPORARY CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1. Political Aspects

PETER A. TOMA The Political Role of the Coup of February 1948 in the History of Socialist Revolutions * 269

VRATISLAV BUSEK Action Committees: A Case Study of the Application and the Use of Action Committees in the Czechoslovak Nationalist Socialist Party * 296

VLASTISLAV J. CHALUPA The Power Structure of Today's Czechoslovakia * .... 334

CURT F. BECK Czechoslovakia's Relations with Underdeveloped Countries * 352

JAN F. TftisKA Czechoslovakia and the World Communist System * ... 364

PAVECzechoslovakiL TIGRID a Twenty Years After 378

MI NEHNEVAJSA Futures of Czechoslovakia: Some Alternatives - Steps toward an Analytical Model * 393

2. Social and Economic Aspects

GREGOR LAZARCIK Economic Growth of Czechoslovakia Since World War II . 419

V. E. ANDIC Short- and Long-Term Aspects of Changes in Czechoslovak Agriculture since the Second World War * 436 12 Table of Contents

JAN MICHAL The New Economic System in Czechoslovakia 447

HUGO M. SKALA The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance: Its First Fifteen Years * 464

JAROSLAV G. POLACH Czechoslovak-Polish Cooperation in Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Energy: Foundation and Results * 476

MICHAEL SUMICHRAST Czechoslovak Postwar Housing: A Case Study of Communist Czechoslovakia Housing Production as Compared to the United States * 494

ALOIS ROZEHNAL Public Welfare in Today's Czechoslovakia * 524

OTTO ULC Class Struggle and Civil Law: The Case of Czechoslovakia * . 537

STEFAN KOCVARA Property Rights of Aliens under the Legal Order of the Czecho- slovak Socialist Republic * 556

3. Cultural Aspects

NIKOLAUS LOBKOWICZ Contemporary Czechoslovak Philosophy * 577

VACLAV MUDROCH The Age of John Hus in Recent Czechoslovak Historical Liter- ature (1948-1961) * 581

JOSEPH F. ZÄÖEK Palacky: A Marxist Portrait * 594

GEORGE KÄRNET The Literature of De-Stalinization * 607

JANA M. FEIERABEND Art in Communist Czechoslovakia 615 Table of Contents 13

VLADIMIR SLAMECKA Total Planning of Science on the National and International Levels * 624

JAN ROCEK The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences * 633

C. CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE WORLD

1. Czechoslovakia and its Neighbors: Nationalism versus Federalism

FELIKS GROSS Central Eastern Europe at the Mid-Century * 641

ROBERT A. KANN Czechoslovakia and * 649

STEPHEN BORSODY Czechoslovakia and Hungary * 661

PIOTR S. WANDYCZ Attempts at Czechoslovak-Polish Cooperation: Achievements and Failures * 673

RADU R. FLORESCU Czechoslovakia and Rumania: A Brief Historical Retrospect 682

JOSEF KORBEL Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Relations, 1933-1938 * 703

BOGDAN RADITSA Natonalism versus Federalism in Central and Southeast Europe * 725

JOSEPH HAJDA

Czechoslovakia's Federalist Heritage: A Historical Perspective 736

2. Czechoslovakia and Great Powers GEORGE LISKA Czechoslovak Independence and the Great Powers: Retrospect and Prospect * 747 14 Table of Contents

GERHARD L. WEINBERG Czechoslovakia and Germany, 1933-1945 * 760

HARRY HANÄK Great-Britain and Czechoslovakia, 1918-1948: An Outline of their Relations 770

J. F. N. BRADLEY Franco-Czechoslovak Relations 1918-1948 801

D. CZECHS AND SLOVAKS ABROAD

JOSEPH S. ROUÖEK The American Czechs, Slovaks, and Slavs in the Development of America's "Climate of Opinion" * 815

VOJTECH N. DÜBEN The Journalistic Endeavors of Czech and Slovak Exiles (1945-1964) * 844

PETR DEN Czech Poets in Exile * 860

FRANTISEK VNUK Slovak Exile Literature 869