This is a masterful survey of Austria\'s controversial place at the heart of European history.
Brook-Shepherd has got it just about right.\'--The Wall Street Journal "Engrossing, elegantly written. "Connoisseurs of Austria and its delightful and infuriating inhabitants will agree that Mr. 24 pages of photographs and maps are included.
From the Reformation through the Napoleonic and Cold Wars to European Union, a superb history of Austria\'s central role in uniting Western civilization is covered.
This is a masterful survey of Austria\'s controversial place at the heart of European history