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29 septembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.fvgbbg
- isbn: 9783902719768
- eisbn: 9783903122390
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Patrick J. Houlihan, « Was There an Austrian Stab-in-the-Back Myth? Interwar Military Interpretations of Defeat », innsbruck university press, ID : 10670/1.fvgbbg
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Introduction One of the most baleful legacies of the Great War was the legend that the German Army had been stabbed in the back by traitors on the home front. The myth helped to undermine the legitimacy of the fledgling Weimar Republic, becoming a cornerstone of right-wing ideology in Germany, most infamously though not exclusively championed by the Nazi Party. All of this has been thoroughly investigated for the case of Germany but not for its Habsburg ally in defeat, which is surprising for...