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As the clock struck midnight on December 31, 1992, Czechoslovakia, the only genuine democracy in post-World War I Central-Eastern Europe, broke up into two independent successor states. This book explores the failed search for a postcommunist constitution and it records in a lively style a singular instance of the peaceful settlement of an ethnic dispute.
For more than three years after the implosion of the Communist regime in 1989, the Czechs and Slovaks negotiated the terms of a new relationship to succeed the centralized federation created under communism. After failing to agree to the terms of a new union, the parties agreed on an orderly breakup.
In the background of the narrative loom general issues such as: What are the sources of ethnic conflict and what is the impact of nationalism? Why do ethnic groups choose secession and what makes for peaceful rather than violent separation? What factors influence the course of postcommunist constitutional negotiations, which are inevitably conducted in the context of institutional and societal transformation? The author explores these issues and the reasons for the breakup.
Eric Stein, a well-known scholar of comparative law and a native of Czechoslovakia, was invited by the Czechoslovak government to assist in the drafting of a new constitution. This book is based on his experiences during years of work on these negotiations as well as extensive interviews with political figures, journalists, and academics and extensive research in the primary documents. It will appeal to historians, lawyers, and social scientists interested in the process of transformation in Eastern Europe and the study of ethnic conflict, as well as the general reader interested in modern European history.
Eric Stein is Hessel E. Yntema Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Law School. He previously served with the United States Department of State in the Legal Advisor's Office. He is the author of many books and articles on comparative law and the law of the European Community.
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The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia charts historical developments in the two nations to the opening decade of the 21st century. The book begins with an overview of the geography, climate, people, economy, and government of both the Czech and Slovak republics. Subsequent chapters offer a chronologically organized survey of historical events, trends, ideas, and people.

Starting with the early Slavic settlements around the 5th century AD, the book explores Czech and Slovak history through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Early Modern eras, the Enlightenment, and the age of nationalism and revolution. Chapters on the 20th century include discussion of the World Wars, the interwar Czechoslovak state, the Communist decades, the Prague Spring, and the Velvet Revolution of 1989. The story is brought up to date with insights into developments in the independent Czech and Slovak republics since 1993.

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An important study of the confrontation between Slovak nationalism and Slovak communism and their influence on one another by a leading specialist on the history and politics of Slovakia. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Slovakia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Slovakia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Slovakia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Slovakia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Slovak State (Slovak: Slovenský ?tát), also known as first Slovak Republic (Slovak: Prvá slovenská republika) was a quasi-independent national Slovak state which existed from 14 March 1939 to 8 May 1945 as an ally and client state of Nazi Germany. It existed on roughly the same territory as present-day Slovakia (with the exception of the southern and eastern parts of present-day Slovakia). The Republic bordered Germany, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, General Government (German-occupied remnant of Poland), and Hungary. ... Read more

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Chapters: History of Ice Hockey in Slovakia, Slovakia Men's National Ice Hockey Team, Czechoslovakia National Ice Hockey Team, Slovak Extraliga, Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame, Slovakia Women's National Ice Hockey Team, Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, Július Šupler. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Slovak men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. As of March 2010, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the world governing body of hockey, ranks them as the seventh strongest national team in the world. The team's general manager is Peter Bondra and their head coach is Glen Hanlon. Slovakia has a total of 12,375 hockey players enrolled in organized ice hockey (0.23% of its population). In the last sixteen years, Slovakia has won three medals at the World Championships, including a gold medal in 2002 in Sweden. In winter Olympic games, Slovakia's highest achievement is 4th place in Vancouver 2010. In the tournament they won against favourites Russia and Sweden, and narrowly lost against Canada in the semifinals and against Finland in the bronze medal game. Slovakia hockey logoThe Slovak national team was formed following the breakup of Czechoslovakia, as the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. For years, the Czechs kept control over how the national team was run, and even had quotas instituted to ensure a minimal participation of Slovak players on the Czechoslovakian national team. While the Czechs were allowed to compete at the highest pool (A), the IIHF ruled that because fewer players of the former Czechoslovak team were Slovaks, Slovakia would be required to start international play in Pool C. However, Slovakia's play in the lower p...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=944992 ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Slovakia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Slovakia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Slovakia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Slovakia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Chapters: History of Slovakia, Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism, Timeline of the 2008 South Ossetia War, Liancourt Rocks Dispute, Timeline of Serbian History, List of Political Catch Phrases, Raw Foodism, White Latin American, Magic in the Greco-Roman World, List of Dragon Ball Characters, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, T-44, Red Terror, Sami History, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, List of Costliest Atlantic Hurricanes, Frappuccino, Arran, Culture of Afghanistan, Dulaim, Health Policy, Robin Danar, Zoo Negara, Dan Nainan, Itu Aba Island, Prince Shōtoku, Cardiff North, Greek Magical Papyri, List of Content Management Frameworks, 1987 Mecca Massacre, the Storys, William Yuan, C. K. Janu, Instrumentalism, Fonzerelli, Quiescence Search, Lluvia de Peces, the American Analog Set, Alan Downs, Vitta Foods, Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell, James Rouch, Public Investigation of the Ossetian War, Software Testing Outsourcing, Xmouse, Techron, Renewable Energy Foundation, Poison Words, Catellus Development Corporation, Tecpancaltzin, Dar Ul Ehsan, Trophophyte, Ostrashov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 454. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: BackgroundTimelineInformation warInternational reactionProtestsHumanitarian impact ... Read more

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Chapters: Austria-hungary, Battle of Stalingrad, History of Ice Hockey in Slovakia, List of Rulers of Slovakia, Great Moravia, Upper Nobility, Treaty of Trianon, First Vienna Award, Magyarization, History of Czechoslovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Bratislava Castle, Hungarians in Slovakia, Manfred Freiherr Von Killinger, Slovak Republic, Western Betrayal, Administrative Divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, Comitatus, Principality of Nitra, Habsburg Monarchy, Beneš Decrees, Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Polish-czechoslovak Border Conflicts, Austrian Empire, Slovak National Uprising, Demographics of the Kingdom of Hungary, Jozef Tiso, Menumorut, History of Slovak, Budin Province, Ottoman Empire, Géza I of Hungary, Nobility and Royalty of the Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary in World War I, Slovak People's Party, Long War, Balaton Principality, Tajchy, Černová Tragedy, Slovak National Party, Samo, Tercia Pars Regni, Pribina, Slovaks in Czechoslovakia, Palatine, Carpathian Germans, Slovak Invasion of Poland, Royal Servant, Slovakia Summit 2005, Royal Hungary, Drugeth, Slovak Order of Battle in 1939, List of Prime Ministers of Slovakia, Nobles of the Church, Royal Castle's Serf, Pannonia Prima, List of Presidents of Slovakia, Havránok, Tatra Tiger, Pannonian Sea, 2009 Slovak Coach and Train Collision, Treasurer, Aba, Anartes, Slovak Soviet Republic, Treaty of Trentschin, Rongyos Gárda, Szentgyörgyi, Szécsényi, Peace of Zsitvatorok, Diocese of Pannonia, Battle of Lamač, Czechoslovakian Parliamentary Election, 1946, Vienna Awards, Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation, List of Leaders of Slovak Parliaments, Peace of Nikolsburg, Austroslavism, Manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and of Zelená Hora, Lampert of Hungary, Communist Party of Slovakia, Koceľ, Battle of Wogastisburg, Hungarian Order of Battle in 1939, Liberalism in Slovakia, Thurzó, Weapons Employed in the Slovak-hungarian War, Candle Demonstration in ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=27328 ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Slovakia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Slovakia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Slovakia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Slovakia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Slovakia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Slovakia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Slovakia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Slovakia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This guidebook to the Tatra mountains of Slovakiacontains 136 full-color pages with 24 maps and plans, depictingcharacteristics of the natural setting, history, hiking tours, andhistorical landmarks. Practical information for the visitor isinterspesed with various legends, stories and other details about thementality, customs, nature, and culture of the local population. ... Read more

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Visiting Slovakia: A sexy, non-stop edge of your seat horror
Only a few people outside of Sweden and Australia have read "Visiting Slovakia" by Goff McGee--a fact which is quite unfortunate considering the books enormity, good aura, and all round goodness.The book is 400 pages long.The first 297 of those pages are absolute dribble.In fact, they were so bad, I considered shooting my self in the face rather than finish it.However, being the book reviewer that I am, I mustered up enough willpower and finished the novel.To my surprise, really started to touch base with me.Around 298, the novel leaps into romantic escapades, adolescent (sp?) high jinx (sp?), tales of international espionage, government conspiracy, and did I mention TONS of really SWEET explosions. Would I go to Slovakia?Probably not...the people look really weird.However, WOuld I read this book "Visiting Slovakia", again....Hell YES :o) So I'll conclude and briefly sum some things up.THis book was okay...but...there should be more sex and more explosions, aliens, tractor crashes, car crashes, bus crashes, and photos of hot non-Slovakian women.They shouldn't talk about Slovakia so much because Slovakians look weird and puzzled.Enjoy the book ... Read more

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Located at the heart of Europe between east and west, Czechoslovakia was the pivot of twentieth-century European history. Created in 1918 out of the ruins of an empire, it remained a beacon of democracy in a continent darkened by fascism and communism. But unable to resist the machinations of greater powers, it succumbed to Nazi invasion and partition on the eve of World War II. After that conflict it underwent a communist dictatorship, which was lightened only briefly by the Prague Spring of 1968. Finally, the Czechoslovaks reclaimed liberty and democracy in the Velvet Revolution of 1989. LMaria Dowling's history of Czechoslovakia engages with themes of perennial interest--nationalism, democracy, and authoritarian rule--and as well as guiding the reader through the particularly rich and varied experiences of Czechoslovakia, illuminates the nature of government, power, and culture in twentieth-century Europe. ... Read more

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a competent job
Telling ninety years of a national history is no joke.You can fill up hundreds of pages about a single individual after all.So, when you set out to tell the modern history of a nation that has not been peripheral to 20th century history, but rather, right spang in the middle of it, you have to make a lot of hard choices.If you plan to confine your history to 167 pages, then you REALLY have to select carefully and must be ready to gloss over a huge amount of material.Still, if you don't at least refer to a number of topics, critics will have your hide; readers with special interests will complain or trash your book.Given these points, I think Dowling has done an excellent job with CZECHOSLOVAKIA, part of Arnold Press' series called "Brief Histories".

I especially liked the arrangement of chapters here, which accurately reflect the periods lived through by the people of this unfortunate country.We start with World War I and the making of the state out of two separate sections of Austria-Hungary.After covering the 20 years from 1918-1938 as the First Republic and the betrayal of Central Europe's only democracy by Britain and France at Munich, we get into the Nazi occupation and resistance.What follow are sections on the Communist takeover in 1948, the long dreary period of Stalinist and post-Stalinist rule, the hope of the Prague Spring which was soon crushed by Soviet tanks, then 20 more years of political and cultural repression combined with economic and environmental disaster.Dissent rumbled throughout, finally coalescing and triumphing in the unbelievable year 1989 with the Velvet Revolution.Two years later, Czechoslovakia disappeared from world maps, probably forever, replaced by two smaller national states.A reader like myself, with only a general idea of the events described, can learn a great deal.Dowling presents problems, questions, or trends in succinct sentences, then discusses each.For people not familiar with Central European history, the basic differences between the Czech lands and Slovakia stemming from very different historical experience will be eye-opening. My one criticism of the book is that it concentrates heavily on political fignres and events.Everyone from Vaclav Havel to Josef Skvorecky, from Milos Forman to Alfons Mucha rates mentions, but the cultural, economic, and social are subordinated to the political.As I said in the beginning, an author has to make hard choices in a book of this length.Overall, it is a very competent job.

Psychologically inaccurate, but historically helpful.
Dowling presents a predominately accurate picture of the C/S unions and occupations, along with political commentary and insight.Her fault lies in consistently portraying CS as a bridge between east and west.True they are a 'eastern' people and they maintain 'western' style democracy, but there is no indication, rather a rebuffing of such mediator sentiment (shown in Stein's "Czecho/Slovakia"), that makes Dowling's often invoked theme an ambiguous one.I applaud her for her brief history of the state, but care not for her use of such ideologies which lead the reader on a quest to draw conclusions about intentions of Czechoslovakians based on little proven (almost manufactured) beliefs.The fact that the book does nothing to explain the lives of Czech and Slovak republics after the split is understood due to the title of the book, focusing only on the state of Masaryk's creation, but as a small history under Austria-Hungarian rule was necessary to introduce the nation, a mentioning of the divided republics would send the combined state to the graveyard of memory with some further dignity.All in all, the book definitely presents history for the reader, but the views presented can lead to inaccurate conclusions. ... Read more

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