Fall of the Double Eagle: The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary - Hardcover
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Fall of the Double Eagle: The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary
"[A] must-read for students of history and historians alike."--Washington Book Review
The Battle for Galicia in August 1914 stands as one of World War I's most decisive yet overlooked campaigns. Military historian John R. Schindler delivers a comprehensive analysis of how Austria-Hungary's catastrophic offensive into Russian Poland resulted in over 400,000 casualties in just three weeks, effectively sealing the empire's doom merely six weeks into the Great War.
Critical Military History of Austria-Hungary's Collapse
This meticulously researched account examines the Austro-Hungarian military establishment, particularly its elite general staff, revealing how Vienna's senior generals deliberately chose war despite recognizing their military weakness. Schindler demonstrates that even a likely defeat appeared preferable to the "foul peace" these commanders despised. The decision would prove fatal for the polyglot empire.
Following a humiliating defeat against Serbia, Austria-Hungary launched its ill-fated offensive into southern Poland and western Ukraine. The unprecedented carnage on Galicia's plains and hills during late summer 1914 inflicted wounds from which the empire never recovered. While final dissolution came in autumn 1918, the empire's fate was sealed four years earlier in this forgotten theater of war.
Expert Analysis from a Distinguished Military Historian
John R. Schindler brings unique credentials to this subject as a strategist, military historian, and former intelligence analyst with the National Security Agency. His previous work includes Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War and Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad. His background as a professor at the U.S. Naval War College informs his strategic perspective on this pivotal campaign.
Essential Reading for WWI Scholars
Fall of the Double Eagle fills a critical gap in World War I historiography by illuminating the Eastern Front's opening campaign. The book provides detailed examination of military strategy, command decisions, and the operational realities that transformed Galicia into a graveyard for the Habsburg Empire. This hardcover edition represents essential scholarship for understanding how the Great War's first major battles determined outcomes that wouldn't manifest until 1918.
For students of military history, WWI researchers, and readers interested in the collapse of empires, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Austria-Hungary's fatal miscalculations and the Galician campaign that doomed Franz Joseph I's centuries-old empire.
John R. Schindler is a strategist, military historian, and security consultant whose work focuses on strategy, intelligence, and terrorism. Previously he was an intelligence analyst with the National Security Agency and a professor at the U.S. Naval War College. He is the author of Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War and Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad and the coauthor of The Terrorist Perspectives Project: Strategic and Operational Views of Al-Qaida and Associated Movements.
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Fall of the Double Eagle: The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary
"[A] must-read for students of history and historians alike."--Washington Book Review
The Battle for Galicia in August 1914 stands as one of World War I's most decisive yet overlooked campaigns. Military historian John R. Schindler delivers a comprehensive analysis of how Austria-Hungary's catastrophic offensive into Russian Poland resulted in over 400,000 casualties in just three weeks, effectively sealing the empire's doom merely six weeks into the Great War.
Critical Military History of Austria-Hungary's Collapse
This meticulously researched account examines the Austro-Hungarian military establishment, particularly its elite general staff, revealing how Vienna's senior generals deliberately chose war despite recognizing their military weakness. Schindler demonstrates that even a likely defeat appeared preferable to the "foul peace" these commanders despised. The decision would prove fatal for the polyglot empire.
Following a humiliating defeat against Serbia, Austria-Hungary launched its ill-fated offensive into southern Poland and western Ukraine. The unprecedented carnage on Galicia's plains and hills during late summer 1914 inflicted wounds from which the empire never recovered. While final dissolution came in autumn 1918, the empire's fate was sealed four years earlier in this forgotten theater of war.
Expert Analysis from a Distinguished Military Historian
John R. Schindler brings unique credentials to this subject as a strategist, military historian, and former intelligence analyst with the National Security Agency. His previous work includes Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War and Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad. His background as a professor at the U.S. Naval War College informs his strategic perspective on this pivotal campaign.
Essential Reading for WWI Scholars
Fall of the Double Eagle fills a critical gap in World War I historiography by illuminating the Eastern Front's opening campaign. The book provides detailed examination of military strategy, command decisions, and the operational realities that transformed Galicia into a graveyard for the Habsburg Empire. This hardcover edition represents essential scholarship for understanding how the Great War's first major battles determined outcomes that wouldn't manifest until 1918.
For students of military history, WWI researchers, and readers interested in the collapse of empires, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Austria-Hungary's fatal miscalculations and the Galician campaign that doomed Franz Joseph I's centuries-old empire.
John R. Schindler is a strategist, military historian, and security consultant whose work focuses on strategy, intelligence, and terrorism. Previously he was an intelligence analyst with the National Security Agency and a professor at the U.S. Naval War College. He is the author of Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War and Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad and the coauthor of The Terrorist Perspectives Project: Strategic and Operational Views of Al-Qaida and Associated Movements.
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