South Tyrol, a region in the heart of the Alps about half the size of Connecticut, brings into sharp focus an important part of twentieth-century history. Tyrol, a province that had been part of Austria for over 500 years and was almosttotally German-speaking, was split in two after World War I and the southern part awarded to Italy as "spoils of war."

These fourteen essays by leading Austrian historians and political scientists serve as a basic introduction to a small but sometimes trend-setting European country. They provide a basic up-to-date outline of Austria's political history, shedding light on economic and social trends as well. No European country has experienced more dramatic turning points in its twentieth-century history than Austria. This volume divides the century into three periods.

The five essays of Section I deal with the years 1900-1938. Under the relative tranquility of the late Habsburg monarchy seethed a witch's...

Ausgehend vom Zweiten Weltkrieg, der Moskauer Deklaration und der alliierten Nachkriegsplanung zeichnet Rolf Steininger den Weg zum Abschluss des sterreichischen Staatsvertrags am 15. Mai 1955 nach. So werden in dieser griffigen Gesamtschau die einzelnen Stationen im ersten Jahrzehnt der Zweiten Republik analysiert. Das Besondere ist dabei nicht nur der Rckgriff auf die Zeit ab dem Anschluss von 1938, sondern auch erstmals das Aufzeigen der Zusammenhnge von Staatsvertrag, deutscher Frage und Kaltem Krieg.

...with its useful bibliography and index, this is a most lucid and helpful contribution to a satisfying growth in English language material devoted to Austria under the Allied occupation. German History

Steininger's meticulous attention both to the subtle details of the negotiations (and the subsidiary issues they raised) combined with his broader view of the international context sets this book apart from the numerous other commemorative histories that appeared to mark the fiftieth anniversary, and makes it a particularly useful study to have translated into...