From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 1995| Author: Lackey, Scott | COPYRIGHT 1995 Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This volume, a continuation of Lawrence Sondhaus' earlier work, The Habsburg Empire and the Sea, examines naval developments within the complex political, economic, and social context of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy. Written on the basis of extensive archival research in Austrian military, foreign office, and trade and finance ministry archives, the book details the struggles of a navy that continually had to justify its existence. Perhaps the most landward of the great Europea...