A Concise History of Austria

Posted on 04 August 2017 by Steven Beller

For a small, prosperous country in the middle of Europe, modern Austria has a very large and complex history, extending far beyond its current borders Today s Austrians have a problematic relationship with that history, whether with the multi national history of the Habsburg Monarchy, or with the time between 1938 and 1945 when Austrians were Germans in Hitler s Third Reich Steven Beller s gripping and comprehensive account traces the remarkable career of Austria through its many transformations, from German borderland, to dynastic enterprise, imperial house, Central European great power, failed Alpine republic, German province, and then successful Alpine republic, building up a picture of the layers of Austrian identity and heritage and their diverse sources It is a story full of anomalies and ironies, a case study of the other side of European history, without the easy answers of clearly national narratives, and hence far relevant to today s world. Free Download A Concise History of Austria [ Author ] Steven Beller [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Get me the fuck out of Europe at last I have now read a history of every country in Europe that has one available This one is pretty neat, big focus on the dilemma of Austrian identity who the fuck are we and how this played out after Austria s big anal love in with Hitler during WWII and its excoriation of its entire Jewish population, one of the baddest ass Jewish populations ever as the whole bit on Vienna 1900 shows Nifty bits on culture and how Austrians dealt ...I thought this was an excellent concise history, and particularly appreciated the theme of the struggle about identity that the author highlighted throughout Austria s complicated history.The first two chapters up to about 1789 were a confusing whirl of names and dates Where Beller really shines, though, is in his analysis of events about 1880 present which makes sense, considering his other work on Francis Joseph, etc The chapters on that time period were fascinating very well done.Read before going to Austria and while in Austria Good summary Made the country come alive.Concise and dense as can be and yet still readable and interesting The history of this area is a part of the development of Western Civilization that I don t think gets enough attention in the English speaking world.what should ve been a facinating story turns into a mechanical listing of mostly minor political maneuverings.Preparing for my visitInterested after our recent trip there.

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04 August 2017

Steven Beller