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Richard Bassett

Richard Bassett is a journalist and historian of central and eastern Europe, having covered the region for many years for The Times. His books include 'A Guide to Central Europe' (1987) and 'For God and Kaiser: The Imperial Austrian Army, 1619-1918' (2015).
Richard Bassett is a journalist and historian of central and eastern Europe, having covered the region for many years for The Times. His books include 'A Guide to Central Europe' (1987) and 'For God and Kaiser: The Imperial Austrian Army, 1619-1918' (2015).

The transformation of Mitteleuropa

Richard Bassett

In the decade following the fall of the Wall, Vienna went from Cold War staging post to modern European capital and change swept the entire region.

Grey matters

Richard Bassett

Beneath the stiff upper lip of Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary in 1914, lay a passion for politics and for love.

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