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Ernst, Josef: Feldmarschallleutnant Emanuel Salomon Freiherr von Friedberg-Mirohorsky 29,90 €

Sat, 23 May 2026 07:40:09 +0200

The essential foundation for this examination of the biography of Field Marshal Lieutenant von Friedberg-Mirohorsky consists of his personal notes and accounts, from which the author quotes extensively. The authors objective was not to produce a purely fact-based biography, but rather to shed light on Friedbergs diverse spheres of activity, to synthesize these into a cohesive overall picture, and thereby to offer readers a vivid insight into the military and social history of the late Habsburg Monarchy.

Pons, Rouven: Erzherzog Stephan (1817-1867) 95,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:30:23 +0200

This work is the first scholarly biography of Archduke Stephen (18171867). After a successful start to his career as Governor of Bohemia and Palatine of Hungary, he was forced into exile during the revolution of 1848 and retired to his mother's estates on the River Lahn, where he had a castle built in his own unique style. Based on the Archduke's correspondence, which is scattered across numerous archives, as well as contemporary accounts and newspaper reports, the biography traces the external and self-constructed image of a Habsburg who was regarded as significant by his contemporaries. His personality developed from self-images and external images, which in his case were more formative than his achievements.

Cavallar, Alexander J. F. (Hrsg.): Entschlossen für Österreich 27,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:30:23 +0200

Ferdinand Wenzel von Cavallar was born in Prague in 1805 and grew up there in comfortable circumstances. Destined by his father for a career as a violinist, he first studied at the Prague Conservatory of Music under Johann Taborsky and Friedrich Wilhelm Pixis before deciding on his true calling as a soldier in the imperial army. From 1821 onwards, Cavallar served in Prague, Vienna, Graz, Rome, Naples, several cities in northern Italy and Agram. He experienced his first battles while hunting down bands of robbers on the then military border with Bosnia, consolidating his military knowledge in numerous manoeuvres and operations. When the first revolts broke out in northern Italy in 1830, he was ordered back there. Together with his comrades, he experienced the unrest, uprisings and upheavals of that time. During his posting in Hungary, he married Amelie Resich von Ruinenburg, witnessed the early stages of the revolution and met some of the future rebels, such as János Damjanich and István Türr. After the outbreak of the Risorgimento War between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848, Cavallar took part in several battles under Field Marshal Count Radetzky von Radetz as an officer in the Archduke Karl Infantry Regiment. He distinguished himself particularly in the battles of Santa Lucia, Curtatone and Montanara, Vicenza, Custozza and in the skirmish at Volta. Spurred on by intrigue and envy, he was denied the Military Order of Maria Theresa the highest military honour in the Habsburg Monarchy despite Radetzky's support. Instead, other officers apparently benefited by claiming Cavallar's achievements as their own. Ferdinand Wenzel spent his last years of service alternately in northern Italy, Hungary, Carniola, Istria and Austria below the Enns. In 1856, he was elevated to the Austrian knighthood with the title von Grabensprung. He spent his twilight years as a retired lieutenant colonel with his family in Buda, Ofen and Linz. Cavallar died in Capodistria in 1881 in abject poverty. As fate would have it, his grandson Wilhelm was awarded the coveted Military Order of Maria Theresa by Emperor Karl in 1918 for his services in the First World War. The 2026 class of the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt has adopted the name Major von Grabensprung in honour of Wilhelm von Cavallar.

Konstam, Angus/Krommenacker, Manuel (Illustr.): Königgrätz 1866 19,95 €

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:26:57 +0200

Growing tensions between the centuries-old Austrian Empire, which saw itself as the guardian of Germany, and the smaller but more dynamic Prussian Kingdom led to war between the two countries. In June 1866, three Prussian armies marched into Bohemia and defeated the hastily assembled Austrian troops that stood in their way. The defeated Austrians retreated to the town of Königgrätz (now the Czech city of Hradec Králové) on the Elbe River, where their reserves were waiting. The battle began on 3 July and ended in victory for the Prussians. Historian Angus Konstam examines this decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War and sheds light on what the Prussian victory meant for the political landscape and how it led to the emergence of the modern German state. With illustrations, detailed maps and historical images, this book also shows how important the advanced technology of the industrial age was and how modern tactics were used against the old style.

Cristini, Stefano: Uniforms, Distinctions, and Insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army 1877-1897 38,95 €

Fri, 01 May 2026 07:40:13 +0200

Reprint of the richly illustrated, uniform-historical treatise on the uniforms and insignia of the Austro-Hungarian army between 1877 and 1897. The original was published by Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig, at the end of the 19th century. The text is now available in its entirety in English translation, supplemented by colour plates by J. V. Kulas, F. Franceschini, and Moritz Ruhl's second book The Austro-Hungarian Army (before 1881/82).

Choliy, Serhiy: The Mobilization at the Periphery 60,00 €

Thu, 14 May 2026 06:55:07 +0200

This book deals with the modernisation of the army personnel system and the influence of this process on the society of Austria-Hungary. The main method of this book is the comparative analysis of military modernisation at the imperial level and using the example of the peripheral province of the empire - Austrian Galicia. Such an analytical model, supported by a solid archival base, provides a complex picture of modernity. It includes an examination of the fates of ordinary people from Central Europe and the most important influences of military service on their daily lives. The idea of the book is to show both the positive and negative aspects of the introduction of universal conscription for the majority of the empire's population.

Wenger, Manuel: Militär in der Provinz. Staat und Stände in Oberösterreichs Militärverwaltung (1801-1845) 55,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:27 +0200

How did the Habsburg monarchy survive the wars against revolutionary France and against Napoleon? What military tasks was the state able to take on itself and where did it need help? This book finds answers to these questions by looking at the military core tasks of the state between 1801 and 1845: fortress construction, recruitment, arming the people. The focus is on organisational implementation, financing and the negotiation of power between the central state and rural elites, the estates. Carried out in Upper Austria, the limits and possibilities of state building in the Habsburg monarchy in the (seemingly) modern 19th century are shown in a new light. Volume 126 of the series Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Neuere Geschichte Österreichs.

Etzlstorfer, Hannes/Ilming, Philipp: Kaiser Franz Joseph. Er ist ein Stück Geschichte, eine große Figur aus einer versinkenden Zeit 39,90 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:27 +0200

Was Emperor Franz Joseph, who was born in Schönbrunn Palace in 1830, merely a civil servant with a particular penchant for all things military? Or the old gentleman in the Steyr robe, who became a myth and a nostalgically orchestrated icon for the majority of his subjects during his lifetime? What is certain is that this monarch steered the fortunes of the great Habsburg Empire for almost 70 years. The life of this long-term emperor spans several eras, from Biedermeier to Historicism and the Gründerzeit to Viennese Modernism. This opulently illustrated book traces Emperor Franz Joseph's life using well-founded sources and assigns the individual events to the respective years. The often unpublished photos from private collections also provide a new perspective on Emperor Franz Joseph. Already treated as a deity in his childhood and later vilified as a signature machine, even Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, alias Leopold Wölfling, who was regarded as the black sheep of the House of Habsburg, recognises his lasting historical status: he is a piece of history, a great figure from a sinking age.

Stanzl, Werner: Venedig unterm Doppeladler. Zwischen Arrangement und Kolonialismus 39,90 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:27 +0200

In "Venice under the Double Eagle", journalist and documentary filmmaker Werner Stanzl questions Austria's role as an occupier and its rule over neighbouring states. He documents the other major European powers' criticism of this colonialism. Powers that themselves ruled brutally over colonies, but overseas, what made the big difference for them... The author provides an insight into the seven decades that Austrians and Venetians spent partly in a marriage of convenience, partly in a master and servant relationship. He describes the catastrophic consequences of the eruption of the Tambora volcano in faraway Indonesia as the negative highlights of this cohabitation. Years without a summer with total crop failures and famines, against which the always cash-strapped Viennese court had to fail as a helper. So why bow to the Austrians, the Venetians asked themselves as a logical consequence. The eruption of the volcano was followed by the outbreak of revolutions in 1848, perhaps the bloodiest of which was in Vienna. The Venetians misinterpreted the event as an opportunity for liberation in Italy's Risorgimento. The 19-year-old Emperor Franz Josef behaved like a warlord and had his extended arm, Radetzky, cut everything down. The peace of the cemetery on bayonets and the advent of tourism thanks to the southern railway helped them through their last years together before the Austrians also lost Venice in the German-German war against Prussia. The Serenissima goes to the new Kingdom of Italy, allied with Prussia, and the real hero of the Risorgimento is Otto von Bismarck.

Etzlstorfer, Hannes: Thronfolger Franz Ferdinand. "Er gilt als das große Rätsel, als das geheimnisvolle ´X" 12,90 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:20:30 +0200

The multi-faceted portrait of a contradictory personality. A character portrait drawn from letters, personal testimonies and press commentaries. Extensively illustrated with a large number of pictures, some of which have never been seen before.

With the assassination attempt in Sarajevo in June 1914, which marked the outbreak of the First World War, Franz Ferdinand as a historical figure was also caught up in the events of the war, as his personality was reduced to his role as a futile pretender to the throne. This publication therefore focusses on Franz Ferdinand's character and is based primarily on letters and personal testimonies from Franz Ferdinand and his "Most High Family", supplemented by contemporary press reports. This creates a multifaceted portrait of this contradictory personality, who is still overshadowed by the still overshadowed by the nostalgically glorified protagonists of the House of Habsburg.
is still overshadowed.

Orbán, Gábor: 1866: Am Ende war Königgrätz 39,95 €

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:13:59 +0200

Tactics and Strategy in the Prussian-Austrian War.
The scholarly examination of the 'causes' of the Austrian defeat in 1866 is as old as the war against rising Prussia itself. Already immediately after the war, the search for the reasons of the failures was eagerly pursued. At that time, it was believed that the fault lay in the wrong decisions of the army leadership and especially in the person of the commander-in-chief of the Imperial and Royal Northern Army, Feldzeugmeister Ludwig Ludwig. Northern Army, Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Benedek. This one-sided explanation and the debate about the so-called 'question of guilt' were later seen in a more differentiated way. In the 20th century, the background to the defeat was sought on a political level on the one hand and on a military level on the other, with both aspects being closely intertwined. Even today, the main objects of investigation in the military perspective are the development of weapons technology, the (strategic) operational mistakes made during the campaign and the shortcomings of the Imperial and Royal Army as a result of the drastic austerity policy. Army as a result of the drastic austerity policy. Little attention, however, is paid to tactical behaviour on the battlefield. In 1866, Austria went to war against Prussia with a tactic that was almost 60 years old and based on an overestimation of the historical tradition of military values.

This volume takes a close look at precisely this aspect. In the context of armed conflicts since the revolutionary and coalition wars against France, Austrian military doctrine, especially tactics, is presented and systematically analysed. In doing so, this treatise critically examines the backward recruitment as well as training system of the time and does not leave topics such as uniforming and equipment, everyday life of soldiers or communication untouched. However, the focus of the study is firstly on the use of firearms, which the Austrians despised, and secondly on the unshakeable belief in the invincibility of their own closed combat formations. A special role was attributed to the bayonet attack. Furthermore, the interaction of the different types of weapons in the war is shown and the complex interrelationships of strategic and tactical ideas are pointed out. It becomes apparent that the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army was one of the last 'Napoleonic' forces of all, and with its admirably courageous but hopelessly outdated fighting style was on lost ground in the industrial age.

Ramming, Wilhelm/Pringle, Christopher (Hrsg.): Hungary 1849. The Summer Campaign 44,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:20:28 +0200

The Hungarian War of Independence was one of the largest European conflicts of the 19th century, lasting a year, encompassing a dozen major battles and many smaller actions and sieges, with half a million men under arms by its end. Yet it remains strangely obscure and overlooked by the Anglophone world, perhaps because of the inaccessibility of Hungarian-language sources for most English readers, combined with the limited number of German-language sources due to Austrias embarrassment about the whole episode.
This book is the second of two volumes which together provide a complete history of this neglected war. The first, "Hungary 1848. The Winter Campaign", covered the initial period of the war in which the Austrian army was defeated and expelled from Hungary, obliging the Kaiser to seek help from the Tsar. The present volume covers the decisive second half of the war. Brilliant Hungarian manoeuvres and gallant defence defied and delayed the Austrian and Russian armies invading from all points of the compass and even won some notable victories. Despite the victories, the inexorable arithmetic of allied numerical superiority led ultimately to Hungarys defeat.

This work is a translation of the Austrian official history of the Summer Campaign. It therefore provides a detailed and authoritative account of this dramatic campaign, replete with fascinating episodes and invaluable factual data, in English for the first time ever. It is comprehensive in scope, addressing the secondary theatres in Transylvania and southern Hungary as well as the main western and northern fronts. It includes extensive information about orders of battle, precious nuggets about uniforms and weaponry, actual despatches reproduced verbatim, and accounts of myriad actions from tiny skirmishes up to major battles such as Pered, Komorn and Temesvár. Over 20 campaign and battle maps enable clear understanding of this wars dynamic and complex operations. The translation of the original text is complemented by extensive scholarly annotation providing both critical analysis and additional data or contextual information. No other work in English approaches this level of detail.

Uniformschneider-Handbuch. Lehrbuch des Ersten Wiener Zuschneidervereins für Herrengardrobe 1904 55,90 €

Sat, 23 May 2026 07:30:10 +0200

Men's fashions helped to shape the style of the respective epochs. The introduction to the present work shows that the uniforms of the military usually followed the general fashion at longer intervals. Increasingly, practical requirements that were clearly differentiated from those in civilian life, as well as historical and regional references, played a special role. Even the cut of the clothing shows certain peculiarities of the strictly regulated uniform in comparison to the men's clothing of the same time, which in the imperial and royal army, with its historically evolved peculiarities, was more or less the same. The uniform of the Imperial and Royal Army, with its historically evolved peculiarities, such as the uniform of the hussars or the Uhlans, had its own character.

Lacom, Harald: Tyrannenmord. Ein Kriminalroman aus dem Alten Wien. 9,99 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:20:21 +0200

When the remains of the old castle bastion are being removed in Vienna in 1859, a skeleton from the French era is found in a buried passageway, puzzling the authorities. There is only one man alive who knows the secret of the unknown corpse, and he has every reason to remain silent: Alois Strasser, former commissioner in the state police office. In 1809, he is tasked with protecting Napoleon Bonaparte from assassination attempts during his stay in French-occupied Vienna. In the process, Strasser becomes embroiled in an intrigue that he only fully understands decades later.

Schmetterer, Christoph: Kontinuitäten und Zäsuren - die 1860er Jahre 16,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

Volume 9 of the series "Acta Austro-Polonica". Volume of essays on the occasion of a historians' conference at the Museum of Military History in Vienna in November 2016. The individual expert contributions consider the continuities and caesuras of the 1860s from various aspects.

Mokre, Jan: Franz Ritter von Hauslab. Der gelehrte Offizier 28,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

A volume from the series "Schriften des Heeresgeschichtlichen Museums (Wien)". Franz Ritter von Hauslab (1798-1883) was repeatedly described by contemporaries as the most highly educated officer in the Austrian army of his time. In addition to an impressive military career, which he completed from ensign to Feldzeugmeister (General of the Artillery), Hauslab was intensively occupied with problems of geography, geology, terrain studies, history and archaeology.

He is considered one of the most important cartographers of the Austrian or rather the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in the 19th century, with demonstrable influence on international developments in this field. Although he had not studied at university, he succeeded in integrating himself into national and international scientific life. As the teacher of several archdukes, including Franz Josef and Ferdinand Max, Hauslab occupied a respected position in Viennese society. The polyglot officer was also repeatedly entrusted with diplomatic duties.

Eichstaedt, Andreas: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Felix Freiherr Stregen von Glauburg. Ein "Genie" aus Frankfurt in Habsburgischen Diensten 22,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

Commentary sources on the Imperial and Royal engineer-officer, who worked for Archbishop of Rhineland-Palatinate. Engineer-Officer who designed the Semmering railway line for Archduke Johann. Felix von Stregen, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1782, was the imperial and royal Austrian engineer-officer in charge of the routing of the world's first high-mountain railway line, the Semmering Railway, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998. He prepared this feasibility study on behalf of his superior, the Director of General Genius Archduke Johann, to whom he also built his city palace in Graz. He has been honoured there since 1971 with a Stregengasse.

Before that, he took part in the Napoleonic Wars. In peacetime he worked as a fortification local director at various Habsburg garrison sites. After his work in Styria, he became director of the then highly praised k.k. Engineering Academy in Vienna and promoted to Field Marshal-Lieutenant. He retired as Felix Stregen Freiherr von Glauburg. In 1854 he died in his home town of Frankfurt am Main. Thanks to the preservation of historical monuments, his grave still exists today in Frankfurt's main cemetery. His life story is of interest to military and railway enthusiasts alike, as well as to local patriots from Frankfurt, Graz, Salzburg or Vienna.

Nobili, Johann/Pringle, Christopher (Hrsg.): Hungary 1848. The Winter Campaign 45,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

The Hungarian War of Independence was one of the largest European conflicts of the 19th century, lasting a year, encompassing a dozen major battles and many smaller actions and sieges, with half a million men under arms by its end. Yet it remains strangely obscure and overlooked by the Anglophone world, perhaps because of the inaccessibility of Hungarian-language sources for most English readers, combined with the limited number of German-language sources due to Austrias embarrassment about the whole episode. The first half of this war was the Winter Campaign of 1848-1849, in which invading Austrian armies drove deep into Hungary, only to be hurled back again almost to the Austrian border. The Austrian commander was sacked, and the Kaiser had to ask the Tsar for his aid in the Summer Campaign. 250000 Russians helped the Austrians finally to defeat the Hungarian revolution. This book is a translation of the Austrian semi-official history of the Winter Campaign. It therefore provides a detailed and authoritative account of this neglected war, replete with fascinating episodes and invaluable factual data, in English for the first time ever. It includes extensive information about orders of battle, precious nuggets about uniforms and weaponry, actual despatches reproduced verbatim, and accounts of myriad actions from tiny skirmishes up to the major battles of Kápolna and Isaszeg. The translation of the original text is complemented by extensive scholarly annotation providing both critical analysis and additional data or contextual information. No other work in English approaches this level of detail.

It therefore provides the first detailed and authoritative account in English of this war, mostly neglected in European military historiography, with fascinating episodes and invaluable facts on warfare in the period around 1850, including extensive information on battle orders, valuable notes on the uniforms and armaments of the armies involved, verbatim dispatches and accounts of countless operations from tiny engagements to the great battles of Kápolna and Isaszeg. The translation of the original text is supplemented by extensive scholarly annotations containing both critical analyses and additional data or contextual information.

Neiuhold, Helmut: Konkurrenz für Krupp. Das Leben des Franz Freiherr von Uchatius 28,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

Franz von Uchatius was one of the greatest inventive personalities of the 19th century. The versatile general was also one of the most popular officers in the Imperial and Royal Army. Army. Uachatius' work covered artillery, photography, film and optics, but also the first air raid in world history and metallurgy.

In this biography, the author has devoted a great deal of space to the invention of steel bronze and Uchatius' fierce competition with the industrialist Krupp. Doubts about his genius drove Uchatius to suicide. He shot himself in what is now the directorate of the Museum of Military History in Vienna. Volume 15 of the series "Military History Dissertations of Austrian Universities", published by the Museum of Military History (Militärhistorisches Institut) in Vienna.

Häusler, Wolfgang: Das Gefecht bei Schwechat am 30. Oktober 1848 12,00 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

Heft 34 der "Militärhistorischen Schriftenreihe", herausgegeben vom Heeresgeschichtlichen Museum (Militärwissenschaftliches Institut) in Wien. Contents: Introduction; The Hungarian-Croatian Conflict; Jellacic before Vienna; Missed Opportunities; First Advance of the Hungarian Army into Austrian Territory; Kossuth and Hungarian Arms Aid to Vienna; The Military Defeat of the Viennese Revolution and the Advance of the Hungarian Army; The Course of the Skirmish at Schwechat; The Influence of the Skirmish at Schwechat on the Events of October 30 in Vienna; Military and Political Effects of the Skirmish at Schwechat; Notes.