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A Mad Catastrophe : The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse
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- Publication Name
- Basic Books
- ISBN
- 9780465028351
- Book Title
- Mad Catastrophe : the Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Europe / Austria & Hungary, Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Europe / General
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Item Weight
- 26.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 472 Pages
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"The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. As ... historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in [this book], the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself--both equally ripe for destruction"--
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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465028357
ISBN-13
9780465028351
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168353128
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mad Catastrophe : the Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Austria & Hungary, Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Europe / General
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
26.3 Oz
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Reviews
"Wawro is a historian of the US military, but his damning portrait of the neurotic empire...well reflects the surreal fiction of Hasek and Musil."-- Literary Review , UK, " A Mad Catastrophe is a welcome contribution to the small but growing number of scholarly studies of the eastern front that have appeared in English over the last few years."-- BBC History Magazine, "Wawro is a historian of the US military, but his damning portrait of the neurotic empire...well reflects the surreal fiction of Hasek and Musil."-- Literary Review, UK, "Exceptionally accessible to the general reader, Wawro offers a picture of an Austro-Hungarian leadership that was reckless in the extreme...with a fatalistic sense of 'now or never.'" -- Wall Street Journal, "An engaging case study in the disaster that can happen when interests and capabilities get greatly out of kilter.... Readable and entertaining."-- Army Magazine, "The most important study of the Eastern Front in decades, Wawro's brilliant and thoroughly researched narrative easily replaces existing books on the subject. Eschewing the Radetzky March nostalgia which so often suffuses books on the last years of the Dual Monarchy, Wawro summons forth a searing indictment of the lethal Austro-Hungarian blundering which helped unleash the First World War and brought all the horrors of the modern age to Eastern Europe."-- Sean McMeekin, author of July 1914: Countdown to War, "Wawro's authoritative account is a damning analysis of an empire and a people unready for war."-- Publishers Weekly, " A Mad Catastrophe systematically eviscerates Austria-Hungary's final, fatal efforts to play the role of a great power. Wawro presents a case study of culpable, comprehensive, synergistic incompetence at every level of policy-making, strategic planning, and operational effectiveness. A decaying empire went to war fecklessly, conducted war haphazardly, and pulled Europe down into its final vortex. Brilliantly acerbic and comprehensively researched, this is a book difficult to put down."-- Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the 20th Century, "A distinctly unique and long overdue contribution to the historiography of early WWI. The aficionados of Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August and Istvan Szabo's film Colonel Redl will find this a marvelous, engrossing and distinctly well written read that gives necessary balance to the already well-covered narrative of WWI's Western Front.... Master historian Geoff Wawro does a tour de force job in colorfully bringing this to light."-- Brigadier General Peter Zwack, US Army, "Wawro writes about the Austro-Hungarian Empire's role in the start and unfolding of the Great War with verve, inescapable black humour and a certain note of there-but-for-the-grace-of-God."-- Macleans, " A Mad Catastrophe is a highly readable and cogently argued book that, once again, shows the level of sheer idiocy that lay behind this pivotal period of history."-- History of War, UK, "In a year glutted with first world war books, this study stands out for its devastating portrayal of the reckless diplomacy, internal political disarray and incompetent battlefield leadership that dragged Austro-Hungary towards the abyss in 1914. Wawro...offers a remarkably fresh and unsentimental analysis of an empire on its last legs."-- Financial Times Best History Books of 2014, "2014 marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I, and Geoffrey Wawro's A Mad Catastrophe is a welcome addition to the growing list of books covering the causes and development of the horrific war.... Accompanied by detailed maps, his descriptions are blow-by-blow accounts, all written in lively prose. His is a sad story of carnage and destruction that drives home, yet again, the futility and stupidity of this 'Great War.'"-- Providence Journal, " A Mad Catastrophe finally brings some clarity to how the death of one Archduke, while admittedly tragic, could lead to the deaths of millions.... Wawro's excellently written book, in chilling detail, explains all the frustrating and infuriating blundering. The war was completely senseless, the insane war-lust of a failing state; this book gives Austria-Hungary its rightful, starring role as cause of the conflict." -- San Francisco Book Review, "This is not just a story of the part played by the Hapsburg Empire in precipitating the First World War, and of the truly lamentable performance of its armies once the war began. It is a devastating indictment of a whole regime, whose slovenly incompetence resulted in a military catastrophe of which Geoff Wawro gives a truly horrifying account. Of all the histories of 1914 that are now pouring from the press, this will rank among the very best." -- Sir Michael Howard, " A Mad Catastrophe is an absorbing and shocking look at a now neglected aspect of the origins of the First World War. The author--a master military historian, whose works are standard accounts of late nineteenth century Austro-Prussian wars--shows just how reckless Viennese policy before and after the outbreak of hostilities was. Wawro's book should be on every reading list and in the hands of every policymaker."-- Brendan Simms, author of Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present, "Wawro offers a crucial insight into the Eastern Front.... On this centennial of the Great War's beginning, Wawro has composed a thoroughly researched and well-written account, mercilessly debunking any nostalgia for the old monarch and the deeply dysfunctional empire over which he presided."-- Kirkus Reviews, "A fascinating addition to the military and diplomatic scholarship surrounding Austria-Hungary's inept move toward war and its incompetent execution of the conflict.... Wawro's book is an excellent account of where plunging over a cliff will land you: in pieces."-- MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, "Wawro's contribution lies in his focus on how the overall decline of Austria-Hungary broke relations with the Balkan states and Russia and how its military blundering caused its ultimate destruction. A worthwhile read."-- Library Journal
Lccn
2013-039393
Dewey Decimal
940.4/14
Dewey Edition
23
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