Schindler John R.
Schindler John R. - Fall Of The Double Eagle The Battle For Galicia And The Demise Of Austria - Hungary - Hardcover
Schindler John R. - Fall Of The Double Eagle The Battle For Galicia And The Demise Of Austria - Hungary - Hardcover
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Description: " A must - read for students of history and historians alike." Washington Book Review Although southern Poland and western Ukraine are not often thought of in terms of decisive battles in World War I the impulses that precipitated the battle for Galicia in August 1914 and the unprecedented carnage that resulted effectively doomed the Austro - Hungarian Empire just six weeks into the war. In Fall of the Double Eagle John R. Schindler explains how Austria - Hungary despite military weakness and the foreseeable ill consequences consciously chose war in that fateful summer of 1914. Through close examination of the Austro - Hungarian military especially its elite general staff Schindler shows how even a war that Vienna would likely lose appeared preferable to the foul peace the senior generals loathed. After Serbia outgunned the polyglot empire in a humiliating defeat and the offensive into Russian Poland ended in the massacre of more than four hundred thousand Austro - Hungarians in just three weeks the empire never recovered. While Austria - Hungary's ultimate defeat and dissolution were postponed until the autumn of 1918, the late summer of 1914 on the plains and hills of Galicia sealed its fate.
Title: Fall Of The Double Eagle The Battle For Galicia And The Demise Of Austria - Hungary
Author(s): Schindler John R.
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Barcode: 9781612347653
Pages: 360 Pages
Publication Date: 12/1/2015
Category: War & Defence Operations
Description: " A must - read for students of history and historians alike." Washington Book Review Although southern Poland and western Ukraine are not often thought of in terms of decisive battles in World War I the impulses that precipitated the battle for Galicia in August 1914 and the unprecedented carnage that resulted effectively doomed the Austro - Hungarian Empire just six weeks into the war. In Fall of the Double Eagle John R. Schindler explains how Austria - Hungary despite military weakness and the foreseeable ill consequences consciously chose war in that fateful summer of 1914. Through close examination of the Austro - Hungarian military especially its elite general staff Schindler shows how even a war that Vienna would likely lose appeared preferable to the foul peace the senior generals loathed. After Serbia outgunned the polyglot empire in a humiliating defeat and the offensive into Russian Poland ended in the massacre of more than four hundred thousand Austro - Hungarians in just three weeks the empire never recovered. While Austria - Hungary's ultimate defeat and dissolution were postponed until the autumn of 1918, the late summer of 1914 on the plains and hills of Galicia sealed its fate.
Title: Fall Of The Double Eagle The Battle For Galicia And The Demise Of Austria - Hungary
Author(s): Schindler John R.
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Barcode: 9781612347653
Pages: 360 Pages
Publication Date: 12/1/2015
Category: War & Defence Operations
