A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire

by Geoffrey Wawro

Book Overview

A masterful account of the Hapsburg Empire's bumbling entrance into World War I, and its rapid collapse on the Eastern Front The Austro-Hungarian army that attacked Russia and Serbia in August 1914 had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging obsolete weapons, the Habsburg troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. As prizewinning historian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465028357
• ISBN13: 9780465028351
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.6"