Red Commanders: A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918-1991 (review)

2006 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 881-882
Author(s):  
Patrick M. Albano
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Officer Corps ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
History Of ◽  
Army Officer Corps

The Austro-Hungarian Naval Officer Corps, 1867–1918

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 51-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Sondhaus
Keyword(s):  
Political History ◽  
Officer Corps ◽  
Central European ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
Imperial Germany ◽  
Social Composition ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Excellent Work ◽  
Army Officer Corps

Two Decades Ago, Holger Herwig's The German Naval Officer Corps: A Social and Political History, 1890–1918 (1973) chronicled the story of the new military elite that rose to prominence when imperial Germany went to sea: a corps that sought to emulate the traditions of the Prussian army, its middle-class officers eager to embrace the values and attitudes of the more aristocratic army officer corps.1 Recently Istvan Deak's excellent work Beyond Nationalism: A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer Corps, 1848–1918 (1990) has provided a comprehensive picture of the officer corps of the Habsburg army.2 Like imperial Germany, Austria-Hungary was a central European land power with few long-standing traditions at sea, but differences in social composition, training, and outlook distinguished the Austro-Hungarian naval officer corps from its German counterpart. Within the Dual Monarchy the navy had to deal with the nationality question and other challenges that also faced the army, but in many respects its officer corps reflected the diversity of the empire more than the Habsburg army officer corps did, contributing to the navy's relatively more successful record as a multinational institution.

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