A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak Of World War I And Collapse Habsburg Empire Geoffrey Wawro Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History

The Austro-Hungarian Army That Marched East And South To Confront Russians Serbs In Opening Campaigns Of World War I Had A Glorious Past But Pitiful Present Speaking Mystifying Array Languages Lugging Outdated Weapons Austrian Troops Were Hopelessly Unprepared For Industrialized Warfare Would Shortly Consume Europe As Prizewinning Historian Geoffrey Wawro Explains Mad Catastrophe Doomed Conscripts An Unfortunate Microcosm Empire Itself Both Equally Ripe Destruction After Assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand June 1914 Germany Goaded Into With Russia Serbia Germans Massing Their Forces West Engage French British Everything Course Fate Empires Alliances From Constantinople London Hinged On Habsburgs\ Ability Crush Keep At Bay However Austria-Hungary Been Rotting Within Years Hollowed Out By Repression Cynicism Corruption Highest Levels Commanded Dying Emperor Joseph Querulous Celebrity General Conrad Von Hötzendorf Austro-Hungarians Managed Bungle Everything: Ultimatum Declarations Mobilization Pivotal Battles Galicia End Habsburg Lay Ruins Outcome Seemed All Decided Drawing Deep Archival Research Charts Decline Before Reconstructs Great Balkans Thrilling Tragic Detail Is Riveting Account Neglected Face Revealing How Once-Mighty Collapsed Trenches Eastern Front Changing European History Σελίδες: 480 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0428 Διαστάσεις: 14 2X14 2Cm