Recommended reading on Austria-Hungary

[AuItSl]

(belated reply to Attrition Feb 2021) - a hearty 2nd that on your opinion and add that, FINALLY, a print version (albeit in paperback) is on its way this October 2023.

For us bibliophiles, a nice hardback set in a slipcase would have been the icing on the cake - but we make do with what we can.

Amazon shows that Legacy Books press is releasing part 1:
Austria-Hungary's Last War, 1914-1918 Vol 1 (1914): Outbreak of War to the Outcome of the Battle of Limanowa-Lapanow Paperback – October 16, 2023 by Stan Hanna (Translator), Hew Strachan (Introduction), Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (Director)

Much appreciation & many thanks to the Late Mr Hanna - may his memory and efforts live on through his fantastic effort!

As for Sir Hew, a pity his trilogy of The First World War (To Arms - pt1) seems a long lost memory. Some 20years has gone and still no word on the completion from what I can deduce.

Also, Germany's Western Front by Messrs Humphries & Maker (Wilfrid laurier Uni press) seems stopped at the vol 2.

Fingers crossed that these projects recommence at some stage.

[AuItSl]

My new book "Türklerle Beraber" (With the Turks at War) tells the story of Kuk formationen in Turkish fronts. Only in turkish.

Tosun, congratulations on the release - (a bit late, my apologies) - is there any chance of an English translation?

[Balrog]

.Similarly Joseph Roth's "The Radetzky March" is pretty good.

I found the The Radetzky March to be a hard slog. It was interesting in some ways; i.e., the attitudes of the various ethnic groups towards the Empire being the most valuable. The last few lines of the novel redeemed the book for me and made it worth reading. The last few lines of the book offered me the greatest insight into Austria-Hungary I've read so far.

[Fuerstenau]

I am currently reading For God and Kaiser, The Imperial Austrian Army 1619-1918 by Richard Bassett pub. 2015. It's well written, and I am finding the battle descriptions easy to follow. Bassett spends as much time setting the scene by describing underlying political issues, personalities, and army logistics, personnel, and training status prior to each campaign/conflict. The book is 540 pages, so not read in an afternoon, but I am enjoying it and learning a lot. I wish I had digested this book prior to visiting the military history museums in Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, and Bratislava on my trips to Europe some years ago. Even so, the contents of the book have informed me, even at this late date, of what I was observing at those musuems.