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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

illustrationsmaps

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 Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.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

Target audience

adult

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