![]() ![]() Using methodology reminiscent of Belinda Davis's study of everyday life in Berlin (a work the author herself credits for inspiration), Healy defines total war as a "war in which no action or deed was too small or insignificant to be considered a matter of state" (p. ![]() It is a long-awaited addition to studies of other European cities in wartime, finally addressing the egregious neglect of Vienna represented by otherwise excellent works such as Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert's Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin, 1914-1919. ![]() ![]() Maureen Healy's Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War is a refreshing and authoritative analysis of the Viennese home front during the Great War. Hunger, Anger, and Internal Enemies in WWI Vienna Reviewed by Alison Frank (Harvard University) Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War I.Ĭambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |