Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War I
- ISBN-10
- 0521831245
- ISBN-13
- 9780521831246
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-05-27
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Maureen Healy
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- 2007-09-24
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