The Coming of Austrian Fascism

by Martin Kitchen

Book Overview

In February 1934 fighting broke out in Linz between government forces and the Social Democratic Party. Within hours Vienna was up in arms and the fighting soon spread to other parts of Austria. A few days later the party was destroyed and Austria seemed to many observers to have joined the ranks of fascist states. The violence of the fighting, particularly the shelling of the vast workers' housing complex, the Karl-Marx-Hof, and the summary execution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138934631
• ISBN13: 9781138934634
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"