Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire Total War and Everyday Life in World War I |
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| Author:
| Healy, Maureen |
| Contribution by:
| Winter, Jay
Kennedy, Paul
Prost, Antoine
Sivan, Emmanuel |
| Series title: | Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-83124-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Maureen Healy examines the collapse of the Habsburg Empire from the perspective of everyday life in Vienna, the capital city. She argues that while Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, women, children, and 'left at home' men waged a protracted, socially devastating war against one another.
Maureen Healy examines the collapse of the Habsburg Empire from the perspective of everyday life in Vienna, the capital city. She argues that while Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, women, children, and 'left at home' men waged a protracted, socially devastating war against one another.