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The only reason to write this book was my intention to provide the english speaking reader with a short, comprehensive and moreover realistic approach to austria s history as a naval power. Robert hughes shelved 37 times as australian history avg rating 4. Austria is a landlocked country that is steeped in history, having been dominated by the habsburg dynasty from the th century until 1918. Introduction austrians, it might be said, are a nation without a history, and austrian history is.
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