"Books on Austro-Hungarian empire in WW1?" Topic

Any suggestions for books on Austro-Hungarian empire in WW1?
Looking for ones covering combat actions, ground or aerial, but political history is ok too.

Thanks,
Mark

There is a gret fiction serioes by John Biggins about a lone character who does it all.

If you can find a copy of the book, "A Sailor of Austria", get it. A sailing book company published them in paperback a few yeasr ago for pretty cheap if you can find them. Among the adventures of the main character, commanding a U Boat in the Med, Flying on the Isonzo front and many of the friends he meets in the ground campaign, crwing a gunboat on the Danube and keeping the Serbs and Hungarians from going to war over pig smuggling, escaping the seige of Tsing Tao and adventures through the Saudi dessert back to europe and so much more.

It does an absolutely brillian job of explaining how the various nationalities got along or didn't and the attitude of the various populations was in an absolute adn funny way that will get you laughing aloud.

While there are four books in the series the first will get you hooked. I have yet to meet anyone who had anything negative to review about the series.

Osprey has a book or two.

Serbia and the Balkan Front by Lyon has a lot of info on the A-H Army in it.

If you are interested in pictures, Uniforms & Equipment of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War One by Coil is worth taking a look at.

AH is covered quite nicely by Pritt Buttar in his books. "Germany Ascendant", "Russia's last gasp", and "The Splintered Empires'. There's also "Fall of the Double Eagle" by John Schindler. The beauty of Buttar's books is that you se the eastern front and AH's part in context (so yes, he covers all of the combatants, these aren't books solely about AH). My complaint about Buttar's books in general (this includes his writing on the eastern front in WW2 as well) is lack of maps. Hope that helps.
Robin

Second the recommendation for Pritt Buttars books on the WW1 Eastern Front.

Check out the following link. English translations and maps galore:

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Robert

There's always "The Good Soldier Švejk", of course.

I recommend these books as well as the Pritt Buttar series,

A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire Hardcover – April 29, 2014
by Geoffrey Wawro (Author)

Blood on the Snow: The Carpathian Winter War of 1915 (Modern War Studies) Paperback – Illustrated, May 11, 2010
by Graydon A. Tunstall (Author)

The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl Hardcover – October 31, 2019
by Alexander Watson (Author)

To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander Hardcover – March 1, 2007
by Georg von Trapp (Author), Elizabeth M. Campbell (Translator, Introduction)

Have read them all and they are very good. All are available from Amazon.
Hope this helps,
Tom D

Second the John Biggins series. They are brilliant, and convey magnificently the dysfunction that was the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the early 20th Century.

John Biggins fictional novels about Otto Prohaska – Thirded (if there's such a thing). Highly recommended – not only interesting from a historical perspective but also rather fun. Most enjoyable and full of scenario ideas (FWIW the now defunct magazine "The Gauntlet" had a series of scenario articles based around exactly this premise).

Cheers,

Geoff

Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions.