Austria, Germany, and the Anschluss, 1931-1938

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 Gehl bases his account on the published and unpublished German documents and the published Austrian and British documents.