William M. Mahoney is associate professor and chair of the Department of History and International Studies at West Virginia Wesleyan College, USA.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsTimeline of Historical Events1 The Czech Republic and Slovakia Today2 Origins and Medieval Legacies3 The Late Middle Ages4 Religious Controversies and Military Conflicts (1400s–1700s)5 Into the Modern Era: Reform, Revolution, and National Awakening (1740–1914)6 World War I and the First Czechoslovak Republic (1914–1938)7 The Munich Agreement and World War II(1938–1945)8 The Postwar Era and the Communist Regime (1945–1989)9 The Velvet Revolution, the "Velvet Divorce," and the Two Republics (1989–2009)Notable People in the History of the Czech Republic and SlovakiaBibliographyIndex

William M. Mahoney is associate professor and chair of the Department of History and International Studies at West Virginia Wesleyan College, USA.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsTimeline of Historical Events1 The Czech Republic and Slovakia Today2 Origins and Medieval Legacies3 The Late Middle Ages4 Religious Controversies and Military Conflicts (1400s–1700s)5 Into the Modern Era: Reform, Revolution, and National Awakening (1740–1914)6 World War I and the First Czechoslovak Republic (1914–1938)7 The Munich Agreement and World War II(1938–1945)8 The Postwar Era and the Communist Regime (1945–1989)9 The Velvet Revolution, the "Velvet Divorce," and the Two Republics (1989–2009)Notable People in the History of the Czech Republic and SlovakiaBibliographyIndex