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Peace handbooks: Issued by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office (Volume II) Austria-Hungary Part II

Peace handbooks: Issued by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office (Volume II) Austria-Hungary Part II

Editor G W Prothero

Paperback

General World HistoryInternational RelationsWorld War II

ISBN10: 9353607760
ISBN13: 9789353607760
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 10 2019
Pages: 590
Weight: 1.63
Height: 1.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Composed in the closing months of the First World War, Peace Handbooks: Austria-Hungary Part II opens a confidential window into how British diplomats understood a collapsing empire. History stands at a crossroads. Prepared by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office as a historical reference handbook for the peace negotiators, it distils essential knowledge about Austro Hungarian Empire politics, Habsburg monarchy history and the unstable frontier of central Europe in the early 20th century. Both rigorous briefing paper and vivid diplomatic history study, this volume functions as one of the era's primary source documents in its own right, shaped by British Foreign Office papers, intelligence and wartime experience of Austria-Hungary World War I. Scholars, students and curious readers gain a rare sense of what was known, feared and hoped for as the European peace settlement and new borders were being imagined. Indispensable as a reference for historians, it also enriches Paris peace conference studies, international relations courses and any serious academic research collection concerned with the break-up of dynastic empires. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, from general enthusiasts of Central European history to connoisseurs of classic diplomatic print culture.

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