Contents // List of Plates Acknowledgments // Introduction // 1 European Gymnastics from Enlightened Rationalism to Romantic Nationalism // 2 Miroslav Tyrš and His World // 3 A Club of Brothers: the Birth of the Sokol // 4 "Tužme se!" The Early Years of the Sokol // 5 "All or Nothing!" The Sokol in War and Political Turmoil // 6 "Our Task, Direction, and Goal": Miroslav Tyrš and the Sokol Program // 7 "Every Czech a Sokol!" The Progressive Era in the Sokol // 8 Gymnastics in a New Key: the Sokol in the Maelstrom of Modern Politics // 9 "A Weapon in Every Fist!" The Sokol Girds for War 10 Conclusion // Appendix I The Growth of the Czech Sokol Movement, 1862-1912 // Notes // Bibliography // Index // f f // vii // // vni // ix // 1 // 5 // 20 // 39 // 56 // 74 // 90 // 110 // 135 // 158 // 179 // 185 // 186 238 253