A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival

Cover
Title
Contents
Dedication
Preface to the Second Edition
MAPS
    01. The Slovak Republic of 1993
    02. The Great Moravian Empire
    03. Slovak counties (župy) in Hungary
    04. The First Czechoslovak Republic 1918–1938
    05. The Slovak Republic of 1939
Introduction
01. THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
    Geography and Population
    Pre-history
    Celts, German Tribes, and Romans
    Slavs and Avars
02. THE FIRST STATE
    The Empire of Great Moravia
    The First Princes
    Rastislav and Svätopluk
    Cyril and Methodius
    The End and The Legacy of Great Moravia
03. THE MIDDLE AGES
    Under The Arpads
    Matthew Cak
    Hussitism in Slovakia
    Social and Economic Development
04. THE HABSBURG EMPIRE
    The Turkish Occupation of Hungary
    The Reformation and Counter-reformation in Slovakia
    Slovakia and the Magnate Rebellions
    The Beginnings of Habsburg Absolutism
05. THE NATIONAL AWAKENING
    The Codification of The Slovak Language
    The Challenge From Biblical Czech
    The Reform of The Slovak Language
    Slovak Romanticism
06. THE POLITICS OF SURVIVAL
    The Preparatory Years
    The Magyar-slovak Relationship
    The Revolutionary Years 1848–1849
07. THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD
    Neoabsolutism and the Austro-hungarian Compromise
    The Slovak Agenda
    The Memorandum and Matica Slovenska
    The Imperatives of Survival
    New Political Options
    The Czechoslovak Orientation
    Economic and Social Development
08. THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC 1918–1938
    In a New State
    The International Context
    Slovakia and the Formation of the State
    Slovak Autonomy
    Czechoslovakism and Slovak Nationalism
    The Slovaks and the Czechoslovak State
    The Breakup of the First Republic
09. THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC 1939–1945
    The International Context
    The First Six Months
    Slovak Political Life
    The Jewish Tragedy
    Social, Economic, and Cultural Policies
    Opposition to the Slovak Republic
10. THE UPRISING OF 1944
    A Military Action
    A Question of the Future
    The Situation in Slovakia
    The Preparations and Outcome of the Uprising
    What Status for Slovakia?
    Epilogue and Prologue
11. COMMUNISM AND FEDERALISM
    Slovakia in Postwar Czechoslovakia
    Communist Slovakia
    Liberalization and Federalization
    Normalization
12. DEMOCRACY AND INDEPENDENCE
    A New Political Setting
    Free Elections
    Constitutional Discussions
    The 1992 Elections and Independence
13. THE RETURN TO EUROPE
    Creating a New State
    Toward a “democratic Deficit?”
    A Foreign Policy Failure
    Economic Development
    Other Issues
    The 1998 Elections
    A New Direction
    The 2002 Elections
    Quo Vadis Nunc, Slovakia?
Footnotes
    Introduction
    Chapter 01
    Chapter 02
    Chapter 03
    Chapter 04
    Chapter 05
    Chapter 06
    Chapter 07
    Chapter 08
    Chapter 09
    Chapter 10
    Chapter 11
    Chapter 12
    Chapter 13
Selective Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Copyright