PART 1 TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF CZECHOSLOVAK LEADERSHIP - Lions or Foxes: Heroes or Lackeys; H.G.Skilling - PART 2 INDEPENDENCE ACHIEVED - T.G.Masaryk: The Problem of a Small; G.J.Kovtun - On the Emergence of Czechoslovakia; J.Opat - PART 3 CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN EUROPE - Benes between East and West; W.Ullmann - PART 4 THE NATIONALITIES - Czechs and Slovaks; E.Bos k - Castles on the Landscape: Czechs and Germans; R.M.Smelser - Magyars and Carpatho-Rusyns; P.R.Magocsi - PART 5 POLITICAL CULTURE AND ECONOMIC CHANGE - Political Culture: Continuity and Discontinuity; F.M.Barnard - From Capitalism to Socialism; R.Selucky - PART 6 LITERATURE: FREE, OFFICIAL AND INDEPENDENT - Traditions of Czech Literature: Curses and Blessings; I.H jek - Slovak Literature: Loyal, Dissident and Emigre; P.Petro - A Neglected Generation; V.Havel - Appendices - Index