Austria, Germany, and the Cold War

From the Anschluss to the State Treaty, 1938-1955

von Rolf Steininger

184 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In the 'Moscow Declaration' of 1943 the Allies officially propagated the notion of Austria as the first victim of Hitlerite aggression and announced their intention to set up a "free and independent Austria" after the war, which finally happened in 1955. By questioning why it took so long to get to this point, the author addresses issues such as the victim thesis, Austrians as perpetrators, Austrian anti-Semitism and official attempts to mitigate its effects after the war. He discusses the various proposals for post-war Austria and connects for the first time the issues of Anschluss, German question, Cold War, and the State Treaty. He makes it clear that the question of Austria was from the very beginning inextricably linked with the more important question of Germany.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Europäische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781845453268
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2008
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books