Fallen Bastions. The Central European Tragedy

By G.E.R. Gedye

Book Overview

Originally published in 1939, this is a pre-war assesment of the political collapse of Europe into fascism. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Contents Include Line Up The Bloody 15th of July "The Cardinal Without Mercy" Fascism Sows The Wind "Millimetternich" The Brown Flood Rises War on Two Fronts Dollfuss Chooses Suicide Dollfuss Destroys Austria Aftermath of Destruction Germany Destroys Dollfuss Kurt Von Schuschnigg Conspirators and Two Concentration Camps Revolutionaries At Play Exit The Prince Death Warrant Secret History Slipping Downhill The Betrayal of Schuschnigg The Agony In Berchtesgaden The Last Four Weeks The Provinces Lost Death Bed Repentance And Last Rally Interlude At Westminster Finis Austriae Terror Unchained "Back, Or I Shoot " Abrupt Exit of The Author Austria, What Now? Bastion Czechoslovakia Holding The Bastion Konrad Henlein "Mechant Animal" Enter Lord Runciman The Henleinist Rebellion Bastion Betrayed "Aux Armes, Citoyens " Second Betrayal Closing Down Keywords: Political Collapse Fascism Berchtesgaden Death Warrant Death Bed Concentration Camps Secret History Assesment Sows Revolutionaries 1900s Repentance Interlude Betrayal Agony Downhill Cardinal Aftermath

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443736740
• ISBN13: 9781443736749
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Hesperides Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"