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- Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Central European Roots of Revolution
- 2 World War and World Revolution
- 3 Rumor and Terror
- 4 Revolution on Trial
- 5 Seeing Red
- 6 Remembering the World Revolution
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - World War and World Revolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2021
- Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Central European Roots of Revolution
- 2 World War and World Revolution
- 3 Rumor and Terror
- 4 Revolution on Trial
- 5 Seeing Red
- 6 Remembering the World Revolution
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examimes the acute crisis of the world war and its role in destabilizing the political balance in both cities and in the overthrow of both the Habsburg Monarchy and the German Empire (as well as its constituent state, the Bavarian Monarchy). It compares the revolutions and counterrevolutions and the violence that accompanied the political struggles in both cities.
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- Revolution and Political Violence in Central EuropeThe Deluge of 1919, pp. 43 - 78Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021