Title: Ethnoterritorial Politics in Czechoslovakia and the Creation and Dissolution of a State
Abstract: Created in part by outsiders in the aftermath of World War I, Czechoslovakia enjoyed only a brief period of self-rule during its short history. Scarcely was the state in place before the Great Depression and the prelude to World War II deprived its leaders of the opportunity to build either durable political institutions or a durable political community. Then came the twin traumas of German occupation during the war and postwar Soviet control. Consequently, in a sense it was not until the peaceful overthrow of the country's communist regime in 1989 that the Czech and Slovak peoples themselves had the opportunity to decide what they wanted to do with their union. Within three years they decided to end it.KeywordsSlovak RepublicMinority LanguageGerman OccupationCommunist RuleCzech LandThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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