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This book meticulously recreates the most important episodes in
Czech-German relations in what is now the Czech Republic. Drawing
on extensive archival research, Stephen M. Thomas depicts the
formation of the Czechoslovak Republic from the ruined
Austro-Hungarian empire and examines political and public life
between world wars via the ethnic rivalry between Germans and
Czechs. He questions the nature, legitimacy and political viability
of the nation state, and especially its relationship to ethnic
minorities, such as the Slovaks. Confrontational nationalism and
the use of ethnicity as a political tool are no less common today
than they were in the 20th century. This book's radical
contribution to studies of nationalism and ethnicity is that it
juxtaposes German and Czech perspectives of power and oppression as
part of the same story. This framework allows us to appreciate new
complexities regarding the creation of Czechoslovakia and ponder
them in 21st century terms.
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