Emperor and the Peasant

Two Men at the Start of the Great War and the End of the Habsburg Empire

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

There was more to World War I than the Western Front. This history juxtaposes the experiences of a monarch and a peasant on the Eastern Front. Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary, was the first European leader to declare war in 1914 and was the first to commence firing. Samuel Mozolak was a Slovak laborer who sailed to New York--and fathered twins, taken as babies (and U.S. citizens) to his home village--before being drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army and killed in combat.The author interprets the views of the war of Franz Josef and his contemporaries Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II. Mozolak's story depicts the life of a peasant in an army staffed by aristocrats, and also illustrates the pattern of East European immigration to America.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-01-11
Mått:178 x 254 x 15 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:287
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476669571

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Kenneth Janda, Payson S. Wild Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University, received the Frank J. Goodnow Award from the American Political Science Association in 2009. He has authored or edited several books on computer methods of data analysis, the cross-national study of political parties, and American government. He lives in Roseville, Minnesota.

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“A compelling, highly readable World War I research narrative...thoughtful, well-researched...fascinating”—Polish American Journal; “An engaging book...well-written...makes for good reading and the general public will undoubtedly learn a lot from it about Slovak immigration to America, and the Habsburg Empire’s decline and fall during the Great War. Janda is to be congratulated for this tribute to the Mozolak family”—Slovakia; “A unique, eye-opening approach…the author performs an outstanding round-up of the existing literature on the Habsburg Monarchy, from the old classics like Wickham Steed to the latest.”—Geoffrey Wawro, A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire; “This wonderful book explores oft-neglected history and is enlivened by a family story that exemplifies the lives of many immigrants from Central Europe. Read it for vivid insight into a complex time still relevant today.”—John Palka, author of My Slovakia, My Family; “A unique, engaging account of World War I as seen through the eyes of both the Austro-Hungarian emperor and one of his Slovakian peasants—a fascinating read combining geopolitics, class, ethnicity, and personal history.”—Bernard Tamas, Valdosta State University.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface Prologue: The Habsburg Empire and the Great War 1. The Emperor in Vienna2. The Peasant in Krajné3. The Emperor’s Subjects4. The Peasant’s Voyage5. Imperial Ignorance6. Peasants in Passage7. Imperial Deciders8. Peasants Under Arms9. Imperial Armies10. Peasants in Peril11. Imperial Irrelevance12. Peasants in War13. Imperial Losses14. Peasant GainsEpilogue: Immigration and Self-Determination Chapter NotesBibliography Index