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Karl Renner: Austria (Hardcover)
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Karl Renner: Austria (Hardcover)
Series: Makers of the Modern World
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The Socialist politician Karl Renner (1870 1950) was prime minister
of the government that took power in Vienna after the collapse of
the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He lead the delegation to Paris, which
had to face the difficult issue of reparations and war guilt, for
which the Allies held the successor states to the Empire
responsible for. Fortunately, Renner was a likeable man and a
realist, and the Austrian delegation became quite popular in Paris.
The new Austrian state was in a perilous condition in 1919, on the
brink of starvation and revolution, and facing territorial demands
from both Italy, which had its eyes on the Tyrol, and the new
Yugoslavia. Many in the German-speaking rump of the Empire sought
union with Germany, Anschluss, but the Allied Powers vetoed it.
Austria is often overlooked as one of the successor states to the
Habsburg Empire, but it was no less important in the postwar
settlement than Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Balkan countries.
Jamie Bulloch's account of Karl Renner's adroit handling of a
difficult situation makes for fascinating reading.
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