Austrian Historical Memory and National Identity

by Anton Pelinka and 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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113851909X
• ISBN13: 9781138519091
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"