Beyond nationalism : a social and political history of the Habsburg officer corps, 1848-1918 /

This volume examines the role of the Habsburg Officer Corps in holding together the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian empire from the mid-19th century to its end in 1918.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deák, István (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. From the Turkish Wars to the Revolutions of 1848: An Early History; 2. Absolutism, Liberal Reform, and the Ideology of Preventive War: The Army Between 1850 and 1914; 3. The Making of Future Officers; 4. Life in the Regiment; 5. From Payday to Payday; 6. Latter-Day Knights; 7. Marriage, Family, Sexual Ethics, and Crime; 8. Pensioners, Widows, and Orphans; 9. Nobles and Near-Nobles in the Officer Corps; 10. Religion, Nationality, Advanced Training, and Career; 11. The Officers in the Great War
  • Epilogue Habsburg Officers in the Successor States and in the Second World War; Appendix I: On Belles-Lettres, Memoirs, and Histories; Appendix II: Place Names; Notes; Index