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Cargando... Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War (2001)por John R. Schindler
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This is the first account in English of a much-overlooked, but important, First World War battlefront located in the mountains astride the border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Not well known in the West, the battles of Isonzo were nevertheless ferocious, and compiled a record of bloodletting that totaled over 1.75 million for both sides. In sharp contrast to claims that neither the Italian nor the Austrian armies were viable fighting forces, Schindler aims to bring the terrible sacrifices endured by both armies back to their rightful place in the history of 20th century Europe. The Habsburg Empire, he contends, lost the war for military and economic reasons rather than for political or ethnic ones.Schindler's account includes references to remarkable personalities such as Mussolini; Tito; Hemingway; Rommel, and the great maestro Toscanini. This Alpine war had profound historical consequences that included the creation of the Yugoslav state, the problem of a rump Austrian state looking to Germany for leadership, and the traumatic effects on a generation of young Italian men who swelled the ranks of the fascists. After nearly a century, Isonzo can assume its proper place in the ranks of the tragic Great War clashes, alongside Verdun, the Somme, and Passchendaele. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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As for my criticisms of the book, I wouldn't have minded a bit more supporting reference apparatus and maps, but that probably would have resulted in a truly unwieldy work. This is partly made up for by a good bibliographic essay.
There are also a few times when I felt that Schindler was just edging into the tone of "patriotic gore," and was wondering whether this had anything to do with his advertised association with the American Enterprise Institute; though it's probably simply my problem with that organization and its stand on assorted issues. This is particularly since Schindler is now apparently part of the staff of the Naval War College.
Finally, I would have liked to have seen a little tactical analysis of just how the Italians could almost routinely get routed by Austrian counter-attacks. It's implied that the problems stemmed from bad doctrine and suspect unit coherence & motivation, but a formal examination of that point would have been very valuable. ( )