A Concise History of Poland

A Concise History of Poland

Author: Jerzy Lukowski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-07-06

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 052185332X

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An updated and expanded second edition covering Polish history from medieval times to the present day.


History of Eastern Europe

History of Eastern Europe

Author: Captivating History

Publisher: Captivating History

Published: 2021-10-30

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9781637165034

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The story of Eastern Europe is one of successes and failures, competing interests, and the rise and fall of states and empires.


Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs

Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs

Author: R. J. W. Evans

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2006-08-03

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780199281442

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These essays, by the leading historian of the Austro-Hungarian empire, explore the political and religious history of the Habsburg lands. They also describe key aspects of the evolution towards modern statehood and national awareness in Central Europe over more than two centuries of cultural and social transition.


The Bridge at Andau

The Bridge at Andau

Author: James A. Michener

Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback

Published: 2015-06-09

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0812986741

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The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks. Praise for The Bridge at Andau “Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring.”—The Atlantic Monthly “Dramatic, chilling, enraging.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Superb.”—Kirkus Reviews “Highly recommended reading.”—Library Journal


Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel

Author: Alexander Watson

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2014-10-07

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 0465056873

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A prize-winning, magisterial history of World War I from the perspective of the defeated Central Powers For the Central Powers, the First World War started with high hopes for an easy victory. But those hopes soon deteriorated as Germany's attack on France failed, Austria-Hungary's armies suffered catastrophic losses, and Britain's ruthless blockade brought both nations to the brink of starvation. The Central powers were trapped in the Allies' ever-tightening Ring of Steel. In this compelling history, Alexander Watson retells the war from the perspective of its losers: not just the leaders in Berlin and Vienna, but the people of Central Europe. The war shattered their societies, destroyed their states, and imparted a poisonous legacy of bitterness and violence. A major reevaluation of the First World War, Ring of Steel is essential for anyone seeking to understand the last century of European history.


Hungary

Hungary

Author: Norman Stone

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1782834486

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The victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but, in the centuries before, many called for its creation. Norman Stone traces the country's roots from the traditional representative councils of land-owning nobles to the Magyar nationalists of the nineteenth century and the first wars of independence. Hungary's history since 1918 has not been a happy one. Economic collapse and hyperinflation in the post-war years led to fascist dictatorships and then Nazi occupation. Optimism at the end of the Second World War ended when the Iron Curtain descended, and Soviet tanks crushed the last hopes for independence in 1956 along with the peaceful protests in Budapest. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall, consistent economic growth has remained elusive. This is an extraordinary history - unique yet also representative of both the post-Soviet bloc and of nations forged from the fall of empires.


Central Europe in the High Middle Ages

Central Europe in the High Middle Ages

Author: Nora Berend

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-12-19

Total Pages: 549

ISBN-13: 0521781566

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A groundbreaking comparative history of the formation of Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, from their origins in the eleventh century.