From Empire to Republic
| Peter Berger
, Günter Bischof
, Fritz Plasser
Books reviews
Wolfgang Schüssel with Alexander Purger, Offengelgt
Salzburg: Ecowin, 2009
Reinhard Heinisch
The HTML, PDF, ePub formats of this book are available to the users of libraries and institutions subscribing to the OpenEdition Freemium program for Books. The book will also be available to buy in PDF and ePub formats on the websites of our partner bookstores. If a print edition of the book is available, links to bookstores will be displayed on this page.
Excerpt
Wolfgang Schüssel’s memoir of his time at the helm of the Austrian Conservative Party (ÖVP) is sure to disappoint. Offengelegt [lit.: Laid out in the Open] does very little of what the title tantalizingly suggests. The somewhat turgid prose reads more like an episodic transcription of a long interview. No great secrets are revealed, no scores are settled, and no major new insights are provided into the soul of Austria’s arguably most successful and powerful political figure since Bruno Kreisky. In its rather simple style, the book takes us from event to event introducing us to Schüssel’s actions and thoughts in third person, thereby presenting the former Chancellor not so much in a glowing light but as a straightforward and humble man. His passions are soccer, hiking, and the cello, writing amusing tales along with illustrating children’s books, not to mention the crossword puzzles, skiing, and the headphone piano. Instead of important revelations, we are offered a nugget of detail ...
From Empire to Republic
Post-World War I Austria
Peter Berger, Günter Bischof and Fritz Plasser (ed.)
…
Check if your institution has already acquired this book: authentification to OpenEdition Freemium for Books.
You can suggest to your institution to acquire one or more ebooks published on OpenEdition Books.
Do not hesitate to give them our contact information:
OpenEdition - Freemium Department
access@openedition.org
22 rue John Maynard Keynes Bat. C - F-13013 Marseille
You can also fill in the form below with, which will enable us to forward your librarians your suggestion of acquisition.
Thank you. We will forward your request to your library as soon as possible.
From Empire to Republic
Post-World War I Austria
Electronic reference of the chapter
HEINISCH, Reinhard. Wolfgang Schüssel with Alexander Purger, Offengelgt : Salzburg: Ecowin, 2009 In: From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria [online]. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010 (generated 22 janvier 2021). Available on the Internet: <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1345>. ISBN: 9783903122390.
Heinisch, R. 2010. Wolfgang Schüssel with Alexander Purger, Offengelgt : Salzburg: Ecowin, 2009. In Berger, P., Bischof, G., & Plasser, F. (Eds.), From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. innsbruck university press. Retrieved from http://books.openedition.org/iup/1345
Heinisch, Reinhard. “Wolfgang Schüssel with Alexander Purger, Offengelgt : Salzburg: Ecowin, 2009”. Berger, Peter, et al.. From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010. (pp. 426-430) Web. <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1345>.
Electronic reference of the book
BERGER, Peter (ed.) ; BISCHOF, Günter (ed.) ; and PLASSER, Fritz (ed.). From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. New edition [online]. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010 (generated 22 janvier 2021). Available on the Internet: <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1311>. ISBN: 9783903122390.
Berger, P., Bischof, G., & Plasser, F. (Eds.) 2010. From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. innsbruck university press. Retrieved from http://books.openedition.org/iup/1311
Berger, Peter, et al., ed. From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010. Web. <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1311>.
Zotero compliant
From Empire to Republic
Post-World War I Austria
Peter Berger, Günter Bischof and Fritz Plasser (ed.)
…
Wolfgang Schüssel with Alexander Purger, Offengelgt
Salzburg: Ecowin, 2009
Reinhard Heinisch
Share
Thank you. Your e-mail has be sent.
Copy and paste the HTML code to embed this book description on your website