Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire
Total War and Everyday Life in World War I

Maureen Healy traces the fall of the Habsburg Empire during World War I from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city. She argues that the home front in Europe's first "total war" was marked by civilian conflict in streets, shops, schools, entertainment venues and apartment buildings. 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. The book will appeal to those interested in modern Europe and the history of the Great War.

Awards

• Winner of the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize awarded by the American Historical Association

Reviews & endorsements

"a tour de force. It is one of the best recent studies of the destruction of the Habsburg Monarchy, as well as an innovative cultural-social history of the Great War.... Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire will, of course, be of interest to historians of the Habsburg Monarchy, modern Europe, and First World War, as well as to cultural, family, gender, and urban historians, more generally. With its innovative approach to total war and the downfall of the Monarchy, this eminently readable volume should find an audience far beyond academia.With its innovative approach to total war and the downfall of the Monarchy, this eminently readable volume should find an audience far beyond academia." Nancy M. Wingfield, Northern Illinois University, HABSBURG (H-Net)

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Product details

• Date Published: September 2007
• format: Paperback
• isbn: 9780521042192
• length: 352 pages

• dimensions: 229 x 154 x 22 mm
• weight: 0.532kg
• contains: 20 b/w illus. 5 tables
• availability: Available