Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. One. In the East- West Salon 11
6. Two. Bearing the Cross of War 41
7. Three. Triumph and Tragedy of Red Vienna 73
8. Four. Challenges and Responses 113
9. Five. The Cataclysm and Its Origins 157
10. Six “Injustices and Inhumanities” 199
11. Seven. The Precariousness of Existence 239
12. Epilogue. A Lost World of Socialism 281
13. Notes 289
14. Index 371