The author describes the relationship of the powers regarding the Austrian problem beginning with the Austro-German Customs Union project of 1931, continuing with the July Putsch of 1934, the Abyssian conflict, and the Spanish Civil War, and concludes his account with the take-over by Germany in 1938. Gehl bases his account on the published and unpublished German documents and the published Austrian and British documents.

The author describes the relationship of the powers regarding the Austrian problem beginning with the Austro-German Customs Union project of 1931, continuing with the July Putsch of 1934, the Abyssian conflict, and the Spanish Civil War, and concludes his account with the take-over by Germany in 1938. Gehl bases his account on the published and unpublished German documents and the published Austrian and British documents.

The author describes the relationship of the powers regarding the Austrian problem beginning with the Austro-German Customs Union project of 1931, continuing with the July Putsch of 1934, the Abyssian conflict, and the Spanish Civil War, and concludes his account with the take-over by Germany in 1938. Gehl bases his account on the published and unpublished German documents and the published Austrian and British documents.