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MILOSLAV RECHCIGL, JR. Preface 5
A. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 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
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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 United States 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 Austria * 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