A mad catastrophe, the outbreak of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire, Geoffrey Wawro
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A mad catastrophe, the outbreak of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire, Geoffrey Wawro
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-431) and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A mad catastrophe
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
865452264
Responsibility statement
Geoffrey Wawro
Sub title
the outbreak of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire
Summary
"The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. As ... historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in [this book], the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself--both equally ripe for destruction"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
The sick man of Europe -- Between blunder and stupidity -- The Balkan Wars -- Murder in Sarajevo -- The streamroller -- Misfits -- Krásnik -- Komarów -- Lemberg and Rawa-Ruska -- Death on the Drina -- Warsaw -- The thin gray line -- Serbian jubilee -- Snowmen
Creator
Subject
- Habsburg, House of
- World War, 1914-1918 + Causes
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Europe / General
- World War, 1914-1918 + Campaigns -- Balkan Peninsula
- HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary
- World War, 1914-1918 + Campaigns -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
- Austria -- History -- Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification5
- Creator1
- Subject9
- Habsburg, House of
- World War, 1914-1918 + Causes
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Europe / General
- World War, 1914-1918 + Campaigns -- Balkan Peninsula
- HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary
- World War, 1914-1918 + Campaigns -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
- Austria -- History -- Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
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