- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 The Kaiser’s Cuirassiers -
Chapter 2 For God and Emperor -
Chapter 3 ‘The noble knight’ -
Chapter 4 ‘Our Blood and Life’ -
Chapter 5 Austria Resurgent -
Chapter 6 Mater Castrorum -
Chapter 7 The Army and the Josephinian Enlightenment -
Chapter 8 The Army and the French Revolution -
Chapter 9 From Marengo to Austerlitz -
Chapter 10 Shattering the Myth -
Chapter 11 Clash of Titans -
Chapter 12 From Znaim to Leipzig -
Chapter 13 Biedermeier, Vormärz and Radetzky -
Chapter 14 From Magenta and Solferino to the Düppel and Oeversee -
Chapter 15 The Austro-Prussian War -
Chapter 16 Victories in the South -
Chapter 17 k. (u.) k. -
Chapter 18 Towards a Twentieth-century Navy -
Chapter 19 The Evidenzbüro and Colonel Redl. -
Chapter 20 The Military Road to Sarajevo -
Chapter 21 The Army and the July Crisis -
Chapter 22 Austria-Hungary’s Last War -
Chapter 23 1915–1916 -
Chapter 24 1916–1918 -
Chapter 25 Finis Austriae? -
Chapter 26 Aftermath - Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Illustration
The Kaiser’s Cuirassiers
The Kaiser’s Cuirassiers
A Dynasty Saved
- Chapter:
- (p.11) Chapter 1 The Kaiser’s Cuirassiers
- Source:
- For God and Kaiser
- Author(s):
Richard Bassett
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
This chapter discusses the emergence of the Habsburg army, also known as the “Kaiserliche Armee” (Emperor's army)—a title that was fashioned in the extraordinary crisis of June 1619. Before that moment no one had thought of the Habsburgs' troops as the personal property of the sovereign. A few dramatic moments changed all that and thenceforth a bond was formed between soldier and monarch which endured for three centuries. The strength of this new relationship was quickly tested in the Thirty Years War. When that conflict threw up in the shape of Wallenstein the greatest warlord of his time, the issue of loyalty became critical. The dynasty was eventually able to rely on its soldiers to eliminate the threat. By the end of this period the Kaiserliche Armee was an undisputed reality.
Keywords: Habsburg army, Kaiserliche Armee, Thirty Years War, Wallenstein, warlords, Austrian army
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 The Kaiser’s Cuirassiers -
Chapter 2 For God and Emperor -
Chapter 3 ‘The noble knight’ -
Chapter 4 ‘Our Blood and Life’ -
Chapter 5 Austria Resurgent -
Chapter 6 Mater Castrorum -
Chapter 7 The Army and the Josephinian Enlightenment -
Chapter 8 The Army and the French Revolution -
Chapter 9 From Marengo to Austerlitz -
Chapter 10 Shattering the Myth -
Chapter 11 Clash of Titans -
Chapter 12 From Znaim to Leipzig -
Chapter 13 Biedermeier, Vormärz and Radetzky -
Chapter 14 From Magenta and Solferino to the Düppel and Oeversee -
Chapter 15 The Austro-Prussian War -
Chapter 16 Victories in the South -
Chapter 17 k. (u.) k. -
Chapter 18 Towards a Twentieth-century Navy -
Chapter 19 The Evidenzbüro and Colonel Redl. -
Chapter 20 The Military Road to Sarajevo -
Chapter 21 The Army and the July Crisis -
Chapter 22 Austria-Hungary’s Last War -
Chapter 23 1915–1916 -
Chapter 24 1916–1918 -
Chapter 25 Finis Austriae? -
Chapter 26 Aftermath - Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Illustration
