A Mad Catastrophe

A Mad CatastropheDescription by Geoffrey Wawro Paperback A masterful account of the Hapsburg Empire's bumbling entrance into World War I, and its rapid collapse on the Eastern FrontThe Austro Hungarian army that attacked Russia and Serbia in August 1914 had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging obsolete weapons, the Habsburg troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume

by Jeff Shaara

there could be no more important book than one that recognizes a group of exemplary women--in their own words--as they paved the way for future generations

" a name never embraced by the unit itself—tells the full story of the self-proclaimed Harlem Rattlers

provides a vivid

The remarkable story of Vimy is a layered skein of facts

Helen Rappaport draws upon this rich trove of material

a crack team of British decoders in a quiet office known as Room 40 intercepted a document that would change history

Indeed this was the central paradox of the war: these men and women fought abroad to secure rights they did not yet have at home in the States

and Barbara Leaming

and duration forced journalists to write their own rules for reporting and keeping the American public informed

and concludes by analyzing whether there is a future for manned air power

Cooper is Chief Historian of the forthcoming biography of Woodrow Wilson on American Experience