List of Illustrations and Maps vili // Acknowledgements x // Spelling, Translation and Place Names xiii // Guide to Pronunciation xviii // Introduction XX // 1. Before Czechoslovakia 1 // 2. The Invention of a State 20 // 3. A Troubled Democracy 48 // 4. The Fascist Appeal 87 // 5. A Republic and a Protectorate 111 // 6. From National Cleansing to Communist Dictatorship 150 // 7. Building the Socialist State 177 // 8. The Bratislava and Prague Springs 211 // 9. Back to Normal 243 // 10. From Resentment to Revolution 278 // 11. The End of Czechoslovakia 307 // Notes 325 // Bibliography 358 // Index 376