Silent War and Bitter Peace: The Revolution of 1918 in Austria

@article{Boyer2003SilentWA,
  title={Silent War and Bitter Peace: The Revolution of 1918 in Austria},
  author={John W. Boyer},
  journal={Austrian History Yearbook},
  year={2003},
  volume={34},
  pages={1-56}
}
  • J. Boyer
  • Published 2003
  • Sociology
  • Austrian History Yearbook
My Subject Today is the Austrian Revolution of 1918 and its aftermath, a staple subject in the general history of the empire and the republic, but one that has not seen vigorous historiographical discussion for a number of years. In a recent review of new historiography on the French Revolution, Jeremy Popkin has argued that recent neoliberal and even neo-Jacobin scholarship about that momentous event has confirmed the position of the revolution in the “genealogy of modern liberalism and… Expand
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