Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War

The Making of the Twentieth Century

by Samuel R. Williamson Jr.

A text on the coming of World War I in relation to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Part of a series of specially commissioned titles focusing on significant and often controversial events and themes of world history in the present century.

Genres: History, World War I

272 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[Joseph]

"In July 1914, desperation, blind faith, hope, ambition, and exhaustion overcame prudence, experience, and caution [...] War brought not victory or a solution to the Slav problem, but rather defeat and dissolution. From those results momentous consequences still flow."

[Boyd]

Great book. A must read, for student of the Origins of the First World War.

[Frankie Finch]

Decent

[Peter Knibbe]

Awkward writing mars an otherwise informative account of how experienced and dedicated leaders chose catastrophic action rather than risk a slide into ruin.