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A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars - From Versailles to Hitler's Invasion

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Informationen zum Autor Patrick Crowhurst is Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester, UK. He is the author of Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II (2013).Following the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I, the Great Powers created a new Czechoslovak state from the remnants of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The redrawing of Europe's territorial boundaries which was part of the Treaty of Versailles, pushed through by Britain's Lloyd George and France's Clemenceau, overrode the objections of the 2 Zusammenfassung Here! Patrick Crowhurst identifies the crucial political problem that faced Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1939 - the rift between the Czechs and the Sudeten Germans that would open the way for the rise of Konrad Henlein's right-wing 'Sudeten Deutsch' party! and which was exploited ruthlessly by Hitler during Nazi Germany's 1938 annexation of Czechoslovakia. A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars deepens our understanding of a fragile Europe before World War II! and is essential for students and scholars of 20th century history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contentsList of tablesIntroductionChapter 1 Prelude: creating the First Czechoslovak RepublicChapter 2 Defence of the state and the growth of industryChapter 3 The enemy within; Sudeten German nationalism and the Sudeten German Nazi party; national defenceChapter 4 Henlein, the SdP (Sudeten deutsche Partei) and German moneyChapter 5 Two German policies: war or peace? Hitler, the German Foreign Ministry and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1938Chapter 6 Deepening crisis; the Munich Conference and refugeesConclusionBibliography

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