How the Army Built the Habsburg Empire

June 15, 2015 Topic: Politics Region: Europe Tags: HistoryAustriaArmy

How the Army Built the Habsburg Empire

As Richard Bassett’s superb book For God and Kaiser shows, Austria’s army expressed the idea that dynastic, cultural and economic relations were more important than national identity. 

 

William Anthony Hay is an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for the Humanities at Mississippi State University.