Austrian Historical Memory and National Identity

by Gunter Bischof

When the Hapsburg monarchy disintegrated after World War I, Austria was not considered to be a viable entity. In a vacuum of national identity the hapless country drifted toward a larger Germany. After World War II, Austrian elites constructed a new identity based on being a "victim" of Nazi Germany. Cold war Austria, however, envisioned herself as a neutral "island of the blessed" between and separate from both superpower blocs. Now, with her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560009020
• ISBN13: 9781560009023
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"