TomáS Garrigue Masaryk (7 March 1850 - 14 September 1937), sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English, was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak statesman, sociologist and philosopher, who was the most prominent advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I and became the first President and founder of Czechoslovakia.

This book describes those events leading up to the creation of the State of Czechoslovakia.