The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire

by A. Wess Mitchell

Book Overview

The Habsburg Empire's grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical world

The Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain successful empires. Yet somehow Austria endured, outlasting Ottoman sieges, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon. A. Wess Mitchell tells the story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691196443
• ISBN13: 9780691196442
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"