"And for us in this country to think of having, for example, a dictatorship—a popular form of government in many count…"

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind tha…"

"The second cardinal tragedy [of World War I] was the complete break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Treaties…"

"I never knew the old Vienna before the war with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm. Constantinople suited …"

"Well, the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the whole problem faced by this was probably one of the causes whi…"

"Austria’s two achievements were to have persuaded the world that Hitler was German and that Beethoven was Viennese."

"In Vienna, it's impossible to be overlooked. You can only be ignored."

"Austria-Hungary was a predominantly rural society, but Vienna was toasted as one of the most cultured and cosmolitan …"

"After Germany was defeated Austria fell into the Western camp and was assigned the status of Hitler's 'first victim'.…"

"In the West, America’s leaders called the shots. Reflecting their country’s essentially Manichean view of the world—a…"