The definitive history of Austria's multinational army and its immense role duri
ng three centuries of European military history Among the finest examples of dee
ply researched and colorfully written military history, Richard Bassett's For Go
d and Kaiser is a major account of the Habsburg army told for the first time in
English. Bassett shows how the Imperial Austrian Army, time and again, was a dec
isive factor in the story of Europe, the balance of international power, and the
defense of Christendom. Moreover it was the first pan-European army made up of
different nationalities and faiths, counting among its soldiers not only Christi
ans but also Muslims and Jews.
