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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Wawro, Geoffrey.     Subjects     Habsburg, House of.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Balkan Peninsula.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)     Austria -- History -- Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wawro, Geoffrey.       by title:      A mad catastrophe : ...       by call number:      940.414 W356m     Search the Web     Wawro, Geoffrey.     Habsburg, House of.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Balkan Peninsula.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)     Austria -- History -- Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916.       MARC Display

A mad catastrophe : the outbreak of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire / Geoffrey Wawro. by Wawro, Geoffrey. Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014] Call #: 940.414 W356m Subjects Habsburg, House of.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Balkan Peninsula.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)   Austria -- History -- Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916. ISBN:  9780465028351 (hc.) 0465028357 (hc.) Description:  xxiv, 440 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-431) and index. Contents:  The sick man of Europe -- Between blunder and stupidity -- The Balkan Wars -- Murder in Sarajevo -- The streamroller -- Misfits -- Krsnik -- Komarw -- Lemberg and Rawa-Ruska -- Death on the Drina -- Warsaw -- The thin gray line -- Serbian jubilee -- Snowmen. 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 Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. The doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself--both equally ripe for destruction"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.414 W356m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.414 W356m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.414 W356m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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