Description
| Summary: | Istvan Deak examines the Habsburg officer corps and the way in which it became the foremost preserver of the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian empire from the mid-nineteenth century to the empire's defeat in 1918. The officer corps was an important cohesive force in the empire, for it created a unified and loyal army from recruits representing all the different nationalities and ethnic groups of Austro-Hungary. The policies, character, social structure, and self-image of the Habsburg army have been neglected in the extensive literature on the origins of the First World War. Deak provides the most comprehensive social and cultural portrait to date of this important institution.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-259) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780198021421
019504505X
9780195045055
1429401427
9781429401425
1280523360
9781280523366
9786610523368
6610523363
0198021429
0199923280
9780199923281
0198021429 |q(electronic book)
9780198021421 |q(electronic book) |
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| Language: | English. |
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