The history of the Czech Republic and Slovakia / William M. Mahoney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Timeline of historical events -- The Czech Republic and Slovakia today -- Origins and medieval legacies -- The late Middle Ages -- Religious controversies and military conflicts (1400's-1700's) -- Into the modern era : reform, revolution, and national awakening (1740-1914) -- The First World War and the first Czechoslovak Republic (1914-1938) -- The Munich Settlement and the Second World War (1938-1945) -- The postwar era and the communist regime (1945-1989) -- From the velvet revolution and the "velvet divorce" and the two republics (1989-2009) -- Notable people in the history of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.