Austria
Subtitle: out of the shadow of the past
By: Anton Pelinka.
Series: Nations of the modern world.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Political culture -- Austria; National characteristics, Austrian; Historiography -- Austria; National socialism -- Austria -- Psychological aspects; Austria -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: This book describes and analyzes the many faces of Austria, past and present.

Anton Pelinka comes to terms with the myriad perceptions of Austria: the legacy of the Austria of the Habsburgs, which dominated Central Europe until World War I; the Austria of Hitler, from which sprouted Nazism; post-1945 Austria, much less spectacular than earlier eras, but more predictable; and the Austria of today, struggling with its role within Europe as a small country on the eastern fringe of Europe's sphere of prosperity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index.