Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War I

(Part of the Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series)

by Maureen Healy

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Maureen Healy traces the fall of the Habsburg Empire during World War I from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city. She argues that the home front in Europe's first "total war" was marked by civilian conflict in streets, shops, schools, entertainment venues and apartment buildings. While Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, women, children, and "left at home" men waged a protracted, socially devastating war against...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521042194

ISBN13:9780521042192

Release Date:September 2007

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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