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- Preface  Country                       Profile- Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                           and CommunicationsGovernment                           and Politics
- National                           Security   Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (Zenon E. Kohut)                          - Early                           History      - First                               Political Units  Magyar                               InvasionBohemian                               Kingdom
Foundation
- Growth  Golden                                   AgeHussite                               Movement
- Hapsburg                           Rule, 1526-1867    - The                               Hapsburgs and the Czechoslovak Lands  Hapsburg                               Absolutism and the Bohemian Estates- Initial                                   Clash  Decisive                                   BattleConsequences                                   of Czech Defeat
- Enlightened                               Absolutism  National                               RevivalRevolutions                               of 1848
- The                           Dual Monarchy, 1867-1918    - Formation                               of the Dual System  Austria                               and the CzechsHungary                               and the Slovaks
- The                               Czechoslovak Idea  World                               War IThe                               Emergence of Subcarpathian Ruthenia (Carpatho- Ukraine)
- The                           Czechoslovak Republic, 1918-39    - Features                               of the New State  Czechoslovak                               Democracy- The                                   Constitution of 1920  Political                                   PartiesProblem                               of Dissatisfied Nationalities
Slovak                                   Autonomy
- Conflict                                   in Subcarpathian Ruthenia (Carpatho-Ukraine)  SudetenlandBenes's                               Foreign Policy
- Munich  Second                               Republic, 1938-39The                           War Years, 1939-45
Protectorate                               of Bohemia and Moravia
- Government-in-Exile  Czech                               ResistanceSlovak                               Republic
- Slovak                               Resistance  Soviet                               Annexation of Carpatho-Ukraine (Subcarpathian Ruthenia)Minorities                               and Population Transfers
- Communist                           Czechoslovakia    - Third                               Republic and the Communist Takeover  StalinizationThe                               Reform Movement
- The                               Prague Spring, 1968  InterventionNormalization
- Preserving                               the Status Quo  Dissent                               and Independent Activity- Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment  (Helen Fedor and                       Mark W. Gould)                          - Geography                           and Environment      - Topography                               and Drainage        - Bohemia  MoraviaSlovakia
- Climate   Demography- Population  Urbanization                               and MigrationHousing
- Emigration   Ethnic                           Groups- Czechs  SlovaksOthers
- Language  Social                           Groups- Workers  Agricultural                               WorkersIntelligentsia
Writers                                   and Artists
- Associations  The                               Communist Party of CzechoslovakiaTrade                               Unions
- Youth                               Organizations  The                               FamilyReligion
- Health                           and Social Welfare  Education- Chapter                       3 - The Economy  (Becky A. Gates)                          - Resource                           Base  Labor                           Force Economic                           Structure and its Control Mechanisms
- Economic                           Policy and Performance    - Mining                               and Energy  IndustryAgriculture
- Transportation   Banking                           and FinanceForeign                           Trade
- The                           Eight Five-Year Plan, 1986-90      - Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics  (Cathleen A. Campbell)                            - Political                           Setting        - Geopolitical                               Considerations  Ethnic                               ConsiderationsThe                               1968 Invasion
- The                               Policy of Normalization  A                               Climate of OrthodoxyThe                           Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
National                               Organization
- Lower-Level                               Organization  Membership                               and TrainingAuxiliary                               Parties, Mass Oganizations, and Mass Media
- Constitutional                           Development  Government                           Structure- The                               Legislature  The                               Executive BranchThe                               Judiciary
- Republic                               and Lower Administrative Levels   Electoral                           SystemPopular                           Political Expression
Reaction                               to Normalization
- Charter                               77  Religious                               ActivistsForeign                           Relations
Policy                               Making and Administration
- Relations                               with Communist Nations  Relations                               with Noncommunist Nations and Multilateral Ties- Chapter                       5 - National Security  (Kenneth E. Nyirády)                          - Armed                           Forces: Historical and Political Setting      - Historical                               Background and Traditions        - To                                   1918  The                                   Establishment of the Czechoslovak RepublicMunich                                   and After
- The                                   Communists Take Over  The                                   Fraternal Invasion"Normalization"
- Government                               and Party Control  Soviet                               Influence- Loyalties  Soviet                                   Central Group of Forces in CzechoslovakiaExternal                               Threats to National Security
- Armed                           Forces    - Ground                               Forces  Air                               ForceManpower
- Education                               and Training    - Conscript                                   Training  Specialized                                   and Officer TrainingPremilitary                                   Training
- Paramilitary                                   Training   Uniforms                               and Rank InsigniaInternal                           Security and Public Order
The                               National Security Corps
- People's                               Militia  Border                               GuardCriminal                           Justice System
Incidence                               of Crime
General                                   Crime
- Drinking                                   and Drugs   Penal                               CodeCriminal                               Procedure Code
- Penal                               System  Police                               Repression- Appendices        - Appendix                           B. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance  (Malinda                           K. Goodrich)                         Appendix                           C. The Warsaw Pact (Karl Wheeler Soper)                        Appendix                           D. Manifesto of Chapter 77
- Bibliography  Glossary
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