Author: Kalvoda, Josef [1923 -1999 ]
Title: The Genesis of Czechoslovakia
Description: Boulder [CO], East European Monographs, 1986. orig. cloth. 22x14cm, viii,673,(2)pp, Inked author's presentation inscription on title-page. Some neat & lightly pencilled underlining & marginal notes to text.. 2pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. Corner bump. Good. ¶ Series: East European Monographs, no. 209. Contents: The Czechs & Slovaks &their Leaders on the Eeve of the War; The Russian & British Connections; The Emergence of the Independnece Movement; The Organization of the Czech Independence Movement by Emigrés Abroad, & Setbacks at Home; Plans for the Future of Central Europe, & the Struggle for Control of the Independence Movement; The Spring & Early Summer of 1917, At Home & Abroad; Peace Overtures, Propaganda, & the Building of the Czechoslovak Army; The Bolshevik Revolution; The Czech Bolshevik Attempt to Control the Army Corps, the Retreat from the Ukraine, & the Peace of Brest-Litovsk; The Home Front, Congresses in Rome & Prague, & the Increasing Importance of the Army Abroad; Masaryk's Journey to America; The Origins of the Conflict between the Czechoslovak Army & the Bolsheviks; Czechoslovak Resistance to the Bolsheviks & the Decision to Intervene; The Quest for Recognition, the Fight with the Bolsheviks & the Limited Extent of Allied Help; The Declaration of Independence; The New State at the Paris Peace Conference; Those Who Fought in Russia & Siberia; Reflection, Recapitulation & Aftermath.

Keywords: Czechia, Czechoslovakia, Slovak Slovaks, World War One, Independence, Autonomy Politics, Bohemia, Political History,