The aimless archduke; What became of the royals after liquidation of Habsburg empire.(BOOKS)

The Washington Times | June 8, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: David C. Acheson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Yale Professor Timothy D. Snyder has written a compelling mini-tragedy, mini in the sense that it deals with the destruction of an individual and his aspiration to empire by the steamroller of history. Wilhelm von Habsburg sought a leadership role in Ukraine, which seemed feasible to him until World War I and the Versailles peace wiped out the Habsburg and Hohenzollern empires. Even then opportunities appeared in the 1920s and 1930s, but were extinguished by the aftermath of World War II and by his personal ...

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