Franz Conrad Von Hötzendorf

Architect of the Apocalypse
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-391-04097-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Studies in Central European Histories

Did you ever wonder how and why Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-1925) earned his reputation for brilliance, while failing so miserably during the First World War?
In examining Conrad’s life and career, including his years as a military writer, teacher of tactics, and a peacetime troop commander before 1906, this first modern biography offers a fascinating and impressive explanation of his thoughts and actions.
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-1925) served as Austro-Hungarian chief of the general staff between 1906 and 1917, and was a leading figure in the origins and conduct of the First World War. In no other country did a single general serve as the leading prewar tactician, prewar and wartime strategist, and wartime army commander. Because Conrad filled all of these roles in Austria-Hungary, he had no equal among the military men leading the old order of Europe to destruction in 1914-1918.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sondhaus, Lawrence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface

1. Early Life and Career
2. Bosnia and Aftermath
3. Teacher and Writer
4. On the Italian Frontier
5. Chief of the General Staff
6. Scandal and Crisis
7. Disaster
8. Love and War
9. Twilight

Epilogue: Life after Death

Bibliography
Maps
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Sondhaus, Ph.D. (1986) in History, University of Virginia, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Indianapolis. His recent publications include Preparing for Weltpolitik: German Sea Power before the Tripitz Era (Naval Institute Press, 1997).