TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rauchensteiner,Manfried
AU  - Kay,Alex J.
AU  - Güttel-Bellert,Anna
TI  - First World War and the end of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914-1918
SN  - 9783205795889
AV  - D539 .R32813 2014
U1  - 940.413436 KAY 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Wien
PB  - Bohlau Verlag
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Austria
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Eastern Front
KW  - Italy
KW  - Military policy
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 1867-1918
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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