The Austrians by Gordon Brook-Shepherd
A thousand years of European history are passed through the prism of the Austrian experience. The chief factors which have smothered national development throughout - loyalty to a supranational dynasty and confusion over their Germanic roots - are traced right down to modern times. The Austrian nationality as such was created as recently as 1918 when the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire collapsed at the end of World War I. For centuries, the Austrians had been the privileged servants of the dynasty, like the stewards of some vast family estate. Already troubled by the question "is there such a thing as an Austrian or are we simply a south German branch of the great Teutonic race?", they were quickly faced by a new crisis of identity when the Austrian Adolf Hitler merged them into the "Thousand Year Reich" with Germany.Gordon Brook-Shepherd has witnessed much of Austria’s post-war history himself, first as a soldier and then as a foreign correspondent based in Vienna. He has had access to private Hapsburg family archives, and has personally known several of Austria’s Chancellors.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002553841 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002553848 |
| Title | The Austrians |
| Author | Gordon Brook-Shepherd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1996-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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