Crumbling empire the German defeat in the East, 1944 by Mitcham, Samuel W.

Table of Contents: “…The Cannae of Army Group Center -- The Loss of the Ukraine -- Stabilizing the Front -- Into the Courland Pocket -- Rumania -- The Retreat from the Balkans -- The Battle for Hungary -- German Units, Ranks, and Strengths -- Characteristics of Opposing Tanks.…”

The war that ended peace how Europe abandoned peace for the First World War by MacMillan, Margaret 1943-

Table of Contents: “…: Wilhelm II and Germany -- Weltpolitik : Germany's place on the world stage -- Dreadnought : the Anglo-German naval rivalry -- Unlikely friends : the Entente Cordiale between France and Britain -- The bear and the whale : Russia and Great Britain -- The loyalty of the Nibelungs : the dual alliance of Austria-Hungary and Germany -- What were they thinking? …”

The failure to prevent World War I the unexpected armageddon by Gardner, Hall

Tomáš Masaryk and Eduard Beneš Czechoslovakia by Neville, Peter 1944-

A companion to World War I

Table of Contents: “…States, nations, and empires -- Austria-Hungary and "Yugoslavia" / Mark Cornwall -- Belgium / Sophie de Schaepdrijver -- Britain and Ireland / Adrian Gregory -- France / r Leonard Smith -- Germany / Gerhard Hirschfeld -- German-occupied Eastern Europe / Vejas Liulevicius -- Italy / Antonio Gibelli -- Russia / Eric Lohr -- Turkey / Hamit Boazarslan -- USA / Jennifer Keene -- French and British empires / Robert Aldrich and Chris Hilliard -- pt. 5. …”

Karl Renner Austria by Bulloch, Jamie