{"product_id":"central-european-wars-191821-by-philip-jowett-9781472867155","title":"Central European Wars 1918–21","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDepicts the forces involved in uprisings and border conflicts after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I had included peoples of German, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Slovakian, Serbian, Bosnian, and other origins, whose ambitions for independent nationhood were complicated by mutual religious and ethnic hostilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fully illustrated study, Philip Jowett examines the organization and appearance of the forces involved in the internal risings, border disputes, and full-scale wars that followed the break-up of the Empire, as the composition and frontiers of new national states emerged from the immediate chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrincipally, Poland restored and defended the nationhood it had lost in the 18th century, while the new republic of Czechoslovakia was established after hostilities against both the Poles and Hungarian communists. Austria became a republic, and its paramilitary Freikorps fought Slovenians in Carinthia and various Serbo-Croat forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hungarian republic defeated a Hungarian Soviet Republic led by Bela Kun and suffered temporary Romanian occupation of territory including Budapest, while Hungarian nationalists fought Austrian gendarmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe colourful and diverse armies of these nascent countries are described and illustrated in this lively account of their foundational years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46986087629036,"sku":"9781472867155","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10809073482712.jpg?v=1762996476","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/central-european-wars-191821-by-philip-jowett-9781472867155","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}