1st Edition

The Coming of Austrian Fascism

By Martin Kitchen Copyright 1980
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

In February 1934 fighting broke out in Linz between government forces and the Social Democratic Party. Within hours Vienna was up in arms and the fighting soon spread to other parts of Austria. A few days later the party was destroyed and Austria seemed to many observers to have joined the ranks of fascist states. The violence of the fighting, particularly the shelling of the vast workers’... Read more

1. Austro-Marxism in Theory and Practice  2. The Christian Social Party  3. The Extreme Right  4. The Economic Problems of the Austrian Republic  5. The Army and the Police  6. The Schutzbund  7. Foreign Policy: Dollfuss Between Mussolini and Hitler  8. The Patriotic Front  9. The Fighting on 12 February 1934  10. The Aftermath of February  11. Austro-Fascism  12. Conclusion

Biography

Martin Kitchen