First World War and the end of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914-1918 / Manfried Rauchensteiner ; translated from the German by Alex J. Kay and Anna Güttel-Bellert.

By:

Rauchensteiner, Manfried [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Wien : Bohlau Verlag, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: 1181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm; Hard BoundContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9783205795889

Uniform titles:

Erste Weltkrieg und das Ende der Habsburgermonarchie 1914-1918. English

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DDC classification:

940.413436 KAY 23

LOC classification:

D539 .R32813 2014

Contents:

1. On the eve… 2. Two million men for the War 3. Bloody Sundays 4. Unleashing the war 5. Thank god, this is the Great War 6. Adjusting to a longer War 7. The end of the Euphoria 8. The first winter of the war 9. Under surveillance 10. The king of Italy has declared war on me’ 11. The third front 12. Factory war and domestic front 1915 13. Summer battle and autumn Swine 14. War Aims and central Europe 15. South Tyrol: the end of illusion- 1 16. South Tyrol: the end of illusion -2 17. How is war financed? 18. The nameless 19. The death of the old emperor 20. Emperor Karl 21. The writing on the wall 22. The consequences of the Russian February revolution 23. Summer 1917 24. Kerensky offensive and peace efforts 25. The pyrhic victory: the breakthrough battle of Flitsch- tolmein 26. Camps 27. Peace feelers in the shadow of breast Llitovsk 28. The inner front 29. The June battle in Veneto 30. An empire resigns 31. The twilight empire 32. The war becomes history.

Summary: In this new work on World War I and its devastating consequences, Manfried Rauchensteiner offers the most detailed and insightful military history of the fall of the Habsburg Empire to date. Based on decades of meticulous research, this ground-breaking account of 'Austro-Hungary's final war' uncovers previously ignored historic connections to provide a work of unrivaled depth and scope. Covering everything from the eve of the war until its very last day, Rauchensteiner paints a captivating picture of the dramatic disintegration of a monarchy that had lasted for over 600 years. The book not only explains the underlying politics and military strategy that determined this grueling theater of war; it also powerfully evokes the impact of the war as a state of emergency on every aspect of everyday life. A skillfully crafted and utterly comprehensive chronicle of the crossing into a new era, this definitive book allows for a full understanding of the 'Great War' as a turning point in history. Originally published in German, this benchmark work is now available in English.

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Previous edition: 1993.

Color maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [1115]-1154) and indexes.

1. On the eve…
2. Two million men for the War
3. Bloody Sundays
4. Unleashing the war
5. Thank god, this is the Great War
6. Adjusting to a longer War
7. The end of the Euphoria
8. The first winter of the war
9. Under surveillance
10. The king of Italy has declared war on me’
11. The third front
12. Factory war and domestic front 1915
13. Summer battle and autumn Swine
14. War Aims and central Europe
15. South Tyrol: the end of illusion- 1
16. South Tyrol: the end of illusion -2
17. How is war financed?
18. The nameless
19. The death of the old emperor
20. Emperor Karl
21. The writing on the wall
22. The consequences of the Russian February revolution
23. Summer 1917
24. Kerensky offensive and peace efforts
25. The pyrhic victory: the breakthrough battle of Flitsch- tolmein
26. Camps
27. Peace feelers in the shadow of breast Llitovsk
28. The inner front
29. The June battle in Veneto
30. An empire resigns
31. The twilight empire
32. The war becomes history.

In this new work on World War I and its devastating consequences, Manfried Rauchensteiner offers the most detailed and insightful military history of the fall of the Habsburg Empire to date. Based on decades of meticulous research, this ground-breaking account of 'Austro-Hungary's final war' uncovers previously ignored historic connections to provide a work of unrivaled depth and scope. Covering everything from the eve of the war until its very last day, Rauchensteiner paints a captivating picture of the dramatic disintegration of a monarchy that had lasted for over 600 years. The book not only explains the underlying politics and military strategy that determined this grueling theater of war; it also powerfully evokes the impact of the war as a state of emergency on every aspect of everyday life. A skillfully crafted and utterly comprehensive chronicle of the crossing into a new era, this definitive book allows for a full understanding of the 'Great War' as a turning point in history. Originally published in German, this benchmark work is now available in English.

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