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The emperor and the peasant : two men at the start of the Great War and the end of the Habsburg Empire / Kenneth Janda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janda, Kenneth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Habsburg, House of.
- Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916.
- Franz Joseph.
- Mozolák, Samuel.
- Hungary. Magyar Királyi Honvédség--Biography.
- Hungary.
- World War, 1914-1918--Austria.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
- Austria--History--Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916.
- Austria.
- Austria--Ethnic relations.
- Krajné (Slovakia)--Biography.
- Krajné (Slovakia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- There was more to World War I than the Western Front.This history juxtaposes the experiences of a monarch and a peasant on the Eastern Front.Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary, was the first European leader to declare war in 1914 and was the first to commence firing.
- Contents:
- Prologue: the Habsburg Empire and the Great War
- The Emperor in Vienna
- The peasant in Krajne
- The Emperor's subjects
- The peasant's voyage
- Imperial ignorance
- Peasants in passage
- Imperial deciders
- Peasants under arms
- Imperial armies
- Peasants in peril
- Imperial irrelevance
- Peasants in war
- Imperial losses
- Peasant gains
- Epilogue: immigration and self-determination.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3118-2
- OCLC:
- 1041067062
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