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The Fortress: The Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781541697300)
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xA prizewinning historian tells the dramatic story of the siege that changed the course of the First World War
In September 1914, just a month into World War I, the Russian army laid siege to the fortress city of Przemysl, the Hapsburg Empire's most important bulwark against invasion. For six months, against storm and starvation, the ragtag garrison bitterly resisted, denying the Russians a quick victory. Only in March 1915 did the city fall, bringing occupation, persecution, and brutal ethnic cleansing.
In The Fortress, historian Alexander Watson tells the story of the battle for Przemysl, showing how it marked the dawn of total war in Europe and how it laid the roots of the bloody century that followed. Vividly told, with close attention to the unfolding of combat in the forts and trenches and to the experiences of civilians trapped in the city, The Fortress offers an unprecedentedly intimate perspective on the eastern front's horror and human tragedy.
Author: Alexander Watson
ISBN-10: 1541697308
ISBN-13: 9781541697300
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2020
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020
In September 1914, just a month into World War I, the Russian army laid siege to the fortress city of Przemysl, the Hapsburg Empire's most important bulwark against invasion. For six months, against storm and starvation, the ragtag garrison bitterly resisted, denying the Russians a quick victory. Only in March 1915 did the city fall, bringing occupation, persecution, and brutal ethnic cleansing.
In The Fortress, historian Alexander Watson tells the story of the battle for Przemysl, showing how it marked the dawn of total war in Europe and how it laid the roots of the bloody century that followed. Vividly told, with close attention to the unfolding of combat in the forts and trenches and to the experiences of civilians trapped in the city, The Fortress offers an unprecedentedly intimate perspective on the eastern front's horror and human tragedy.
Author: Alexander Watson
ISBN-10: 1541697308
ISBN-13: 9781541697300
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2020
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020
By Alexander Watson
xAlexander Watson is professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I, which won the Wolfson History Prize and the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, and Enduring the Great War, winner of the Fraenkel Prize.
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