Unitary parliamentary republic in Central Europe; independent from 1 Jan 1993 following the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia.
English-language survey history of Slovakia and its statehood.
Essential context for Slovakia's path to independence; covers the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia that set the stage for the 1993 Velvet Divorce.
The definitive single-volume history of Europe after 1945 — the era that made this state’s present form.