{"product_id":"inside-austria-new-challenges-old-demons-9781849040396","title":"Inside Austria: New Challenges, Old Demons","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Lendvai\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criticism \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside Austria is a gripping, in-depth personal report on postwar Austria's economic and social success story but also on its turbulent political history. How has this small land-locked country emerged as the European Union's fourth richest member state? Who are the Austrians, one of Europe's oldest people whose nation-state came into being only after the collapse of the Austro- Hungarian empire in 1918? To what extent have they come to terms with the demons of their recent past: Hitler's Anschluss, the Waldheim affair and then later Jorg Haider's disturbing radical right-wing ascendancy in Carinthia? This book is a unique study of the Austrian odyssey, based on a blend of academic research and half a century of personal observation by the Hungarian-born author who as a foreign correspondent and later as a political analyst obtained first-hand information from the politicians who played or are still playing a leading part in the march of events he has described.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hurst \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47582313873559,"sku":"9781849040396","price":4967.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781849040396.webp?v=1774936169","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/inside-austria-new-challenges-old-demons-9781849040396","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}