Hungary's prime minister on Saturday vowed to rid his country of those he claims work for the interests of foreign powers, saying his right-wing government will eliminate a global “shadow army” ...
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Austria Hungary’s war plan falls apart

The Austro Hungarian Empire entered World War One expecting quick victories but early failures in Serbia and brutal battles in Galicia dragged it into a long grinding conflict it was not ready to ...
Kremlin propagandists have suggested on state TV that Russian authorities create a new empire in Europe. The idea was floated by Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most well-known figures in Kremlin-backed ...
Absent soles: Iron shoes line Budapest’s riverbank, memorializing Jews executed by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Credit: Nikodem Nijaki In March 1944, the Third Reich occupied Hungary, a country ...
This is a members-only preview from the September/October issue of The American Conservative. Become a member and enjoy the very best content in print and digital. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire ...
Joseph Roth’s magnum opus, The Radetzky March, portrays the decline and death of an empire that has outlived its time by telling the story of the ill-omened Trotta family, whose sad end—like in a ...