The mission of reorganizing in the capital of the empire the Romanian soldiers that were returning from the front, has been entrusted by the leadership of the Romanian National Party to Iuliu Maniu, who as lieutenant of artillery, went to Vienna, after leaving the Italian front, despite the orders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Such a body was created in Vienna, one of the main centers of reinforcement and concentration convoys of returning soldiers from the front, especially after the collapse of the Italian front. Setting up a military unit was meant to create among the civilian population, a sense of security and trust, which would facilitate the preparation for the time of the state union. Amid the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian army, leaders of the national movement in Transylvania were confronting a national problem: Romanian soldiers that were at different points of the Monarchy had to be reorganized and directed. This study presents both the documents issued by the Romanian Central Military Senate (Senate protocols) as well as a number of documents relating to its work memoirs and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the newspaper “New Time” (unfortunately only these numbers could be found in the collections of the National Library of Austria). The current volume presents a significant portion of documents and texts on the work of the Romanian Central Military Senate of Officers and Soldiers of Vienna between 31 October to 27 November 1918, which enabled the body to function in a period of profound political and military mutations generated at end of the First World War. I've long aspired to write a book like this.
Think of Hemingway with the occasional understated joke. Tim's picked the right style: rich enough to delight, but spare enough to let the story shine through. Did I mention said prince liked to dress as a woman, consort with sailors, and slum in Montmartre? Tim's picked the right voice: witty, knowing, and ironic, but never sarcastic. How'd he do it? Well, Tim's picked the right subject: an Eastern European prince with dreams of uniting a "nation" that didn't exist. He's written a serious history book that is enjoyable to read. We expect all this from a top-notch historian working in a field he knows like the back of his hand. The book is about empires becoming nations, an ongoing process in Russia, China, and India. Tim's told a story that no one has told before. Tim's read all the literature and visited all the archives. It's called The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of A Habsburg Archduke (Basic, 2008).
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