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Fall of the Double Eagle Fall of the Double Eagle The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria- Hungary John R. Schindler Potomac Books An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press © 2015 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved. Potomac Books is an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Schindler, John R. Fall of the Double Eagle: the Battle for Galicia and the demise of Austria- Hungary / John R. Schindler. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978- 1- 61234- 765- 3 (hardcover: alkaline paper) isbn 978- 1- 61234- 804- 9 (epub) isbn 978- 1- 61234- 805- 6 (mobi) isbn 978- 1- 61234- 806- 3 (pdf) 1. World War, 1914– 1918— Causes. 2. World War, 1914– 1918— Campaigns— Eastern Front. 3. World War, 1914– 1918— Campaigns— Galicia (Poland and Ukraine). 4. Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)— History, Military. 5. Habsburg, House of. 6. Austria— History— Franz Joseph I, 1848–1 916. 7. Russia. Army—H istory—W orld War, 1914– 1918. I. Title. d512.s34 2015 940.4'22— dc23 2015013277 Set in Minion by Westchester Publishing Services. Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. AEIOU 13 2. The Most Powerful Pillar 30 3. War Plans 65 4. July Crisis 90 5. Disaster on the Drina 118 6. To Warsaw! 149 7. Meeting the Steamroller 189 8. Lemberg– Rawa Ruska 213 9. From Defeat to Catastrophe 245 10. Aftermaths 268 Notes 291 Bibliography 313 Index 331 Acknowledgments As with any work years in the making, this book only came to fruition thanks to the encouragement and support of many people not the author. I want to thank my two academic mentors, Mark R. Peattie and John C. Campbell, who sent me down this road more than two decades ago, no more certain than I was where it might lead. Their wisdom about history taught me the profession, and I will be forever grateful. Thanks are also due to my friend and colleague Thomas M. Nichols, who provided counsel when it was needed, countless times, in good humor. Gratitude is also due to my friend Tim Hadley, whose contributions to this field have helped my own, proffering important wisdom when it was required. Additionally, I want to express my gratitude to the Naval War Col- lege for its support of this book, including time and money to pursue research. Let me also extend a hearty thanks to the nwc Library for their unfailing help in tracking down ever more obscure books and articles from all over the world. No less, archivists and librarians at the Austrian State Archive deserve my thanks for their help during my multiple visits there. Lastly, I want to express my profound gratitude to my family for all their love and support. My sons, Jack and Will, were unfailingly understanding about the many hours their father needed to spend time “in World War One,” as they put it, while my wife, Anna- Lena, may vii rightfully consider herself the last victim of the Galician campaign. Her love and support, emotional and material, made this book a reality, and I can never fully explain my thankfulness for her help with this effort as it came to completion, most gradually, amidst countless interrup- tions great and small, in Vienna, Newport, Florida, and Switzerland. viii acknowledgments Fall of the Double Eagle
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