Introducing Austria: A Short History By Lonnie Johnson

The historian Lonnie Johnson provides in compact form a comprehensive overview of Austria's rich past and present. Each chapter and subchapter approaches Austria's diverse, thousand-year-old heritage from a different perspective to illuminate its essential features. In detailing Austria's turbulent history from 1918 to the present, controversial issues are presented objectively and without oversimplification. Overall the book conveys a differentiated picture of the country and its people which gives readers a feeling for the continuity and change of the Austrian idea.

"An excellent brief treatment of the factors that have contributed to Austria's distinctiveness...It is not a traditional scholarly work, but it is a work with which a scholar can be happy. It is accurate, engagingly written, and insightful... Although it was clearly intended for a popular audience, even the expert will find it entertaining." Austrian History Yearbook