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Editorial
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Country Profile
Introduction
Historical Setting
History - Overview
Before the Habsburg Dynasty
Rise of the Habsburg Empire
Counter-Reformation
The Baroque Era
Maria Theresa and Joseph II
French Revolution
Age of Metternich
The Revolution of 1848 and Neoabsolutism
Austria-Hungary to the early 1900's
The Final Years of the Empire
The First Republic
Overview of the Political Camps
The Foundation of the First Republic
Political Life of the 1920s and Early 1930s
The End of Constitutional Rule
Growing German Pressure on Austria
World War II
Allied Occupation
The Grand Coalition 1955-70
The Kreisky Years, 1970-83
The Society and Its Environment
The Economy
Government and Politics
National Security
Internal Security
Appendix
Index
Last Update: 2010-12-07