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Online-Ressource (1181 S.)
Edition:
2014
ISBN:
9783205793656
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Biographical note: Manfried Rauchensteiner ist Professor für Österreichische Geschichte an der Universität Wien und war bis 2005 Direktor des Heeresgeschichtlichen Museums. Manfried Rauchensteiner is Professor of Austrian History at the University of Vienna and was Director of the Museum of Military History in Vienna until 2005.
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Main description: The well-respected historian Manfried Rauchensteiner analyses the outbreak of World War I, Emperor Franz Joseph’s role in the conflict, and how the various nationalities of the Habsburg Monarchy reacted to the disintegration of this 640-yearold empire in 1918. After Archduke Franz Ferdinand"s assassination in Sarajevo in 1914, war was inevitable. Emperor Franz Joseph intended it, and everyone in Vienna expected it. How the war began and how Austria-Hungary managed to avoid capitulation only weeks later with the help of German troops reads like a thriller. Manfried Rauchensteiner"s book is based on decades of research and is a fascinating read to the very end, even though the final outcome, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy, is already known. Originally published in German in 2013 by Böhlau, this standard work is now available in English.
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FrontmatterContent1. On The Eve2. Two Million Men For The War3. Bloody Sundays4. Unleashing The War5. ‘Thank God, This Is The Great War!’6. Adjusting To A Longer War7. The End Of The Euphoria8. The First Winter Of The War9. Under Surveillance10. ‘The King Of Italy Has Declared War On Me’11. The Third Front12. Factory War And Domestic Front, 191513. Summer Battle And ‘Autumn Swine’14. War Aims And Central Europe15. South Tyrol : The End Of An Illusion (I)16. Lutsk :The End Of An Illusion (Ii)17. How Is A War Financed ?18. The Nameless19. The Death Of The Old Emperor20. Emperor Karl21. The Writing On The Wall22. The Consequences Of The Russian February Revolution23. Summer 191724. Kerensky Offensive And Peace Efforts25. The Pyrrhic Victory : The Breakthrough Battle Of Flitsch-Tolmein26. Camps27. Peace Feelers In The Shadow Of Brest-Litovsk28. The Inner Front29. The June Battle In Veneto30. An Empire Resigns31. The Twilight Empire32. The War Becomes HistoryEpilogueAfterwordAcknowledgements And DedicationNotesSelected Printed Sources And LiteratureIndex Of People And Places.
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DOI:
10.7767/boehlau.9783205793656
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Rauchensteiner, Manfried 1942-
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