Terms, abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction: A brawl at Chelyabinsk -- In the shadow of White Mountain -- On the eve of the storm -- Contriving for a new Europe -- The Slavophile challenge -- Deliverance at Zborov -- Prague on the brink -- The rise of the Czecho-Slovak legions in the West -- Between Cossacks and commissars -- The Russian muddle -- War across an iron ribbon -- A new Eastern Front -- The men of October 28th -- The Siberian Vendøe -- White Mountain redressed -- Exodus from a white hell -- The legacy of independence
Summary
"The calamity of World War I spawned dozens of liberation movements among ethnic and religious groups throughout the world. Of this array of peoples aspiring toward self-determination, none were more successful in realizing that goal than the Czechs and Slovaks"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index
