Inside Austria: New Challenges, Old Demons (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781849040396)

Inside Austria is a gripping, in-depth personal report on postwar Austria's economic and social success story but also on its turbulent political history. How has this small land-locked country emerged as the European Union's fourth richest member state? Who are the Austrians, one of Europe's oldest people whose nation-state came into being only after the collapse of the Austro- Hungarian empire in 1918? To what extent have they come to terms with the demons of their recent past: Hitler's Anschluss, the Waldheim affair and then later Jorg Haider's disturbing radical right-wing ascendancy in Carinthia? This book is a unique study of the Austrian odyssey, based on a blend of academic research and half a century of personal observation by the Hungarian-born author who as a foreign correspondent and later as a political analyst obtained first-hand information from the politicians who played or are still playing a leading part in the march of events he has described.

Author: Paul Lendvai
ISBN-10: 1849040397
ISBN-13: 9781849040396
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Language: English
Published: 05/06/2010
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.77w x 0.83d