This item fall of the double eagle the battle for galicia and the demise of austria hungary by john r schindler hardcover 2199 only 14 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazoncom. Fall of the double eagle the battle for galicia and the demise of austria hungaryby schindler john r lincoln ne potomac books 2015pp vii 327 3495. In fall of the double eagle john r schindler explains how austria hungary despite military weakness and the foreseeable ill consequences consciously chose war in that fateful summer of 1914 through close examination of the austro hungarian military especially its elite general staff schindler shows how even a war that vienna would likely lose appeared preferable to the foul peace the senior generals loathed. In fall of the double eagle john r schindler explains how austria hungary despite military weakness and the foreseeable ill consequences consciously chose war in that fateful summer of 1914. Fall of the double eagle the battle for galicia and the demise of austria hungary by john r schindler lincoln ne potomac books 2015 pp vii 327 3495 armies rarely withstand close scrutiny they vaunt their heroes and glory but their everyday existence in times of peace is dull plodding bureaucratic and invidious