Overview

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.