An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
599. The First World War: Downfall of the Habsburgs (Part 6)
September 10, 2025
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Books Referenced
Author: Alexander Watson
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Dominic explicitly recommends this book, saying 'I read a brilliant book called The Fortress by the historian Alexander Watson' and gives 'a massive shout out to this book' as the source for much of the information about the siege of Przemysl.
Author: Nick Lloyd
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Referred to as 'Nick Lloyd's new book on the Eastern Front' - quoted from regarding the Tyrolean Kaiser Jaeger's experiences in the Carpathian campaign. The exact title is not mentioned.
Author: Timothy Snyder
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Referenced when discussing the region of Poland and Ukraine: 'the area that Timothy Snyder calls Europe's bloodlands in the 20th century.' This refers to Snyder's book about mass killings in Eastern Europe.
Author: Max Hastings
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Explicitly mentioned as 'in his book, Catastrophe, Max Hastings, tells an awful story' about a woman who loses her three-year-old son at the train station during the evacuation of Przemysl.
Author: Mark Thompson
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Referenced when discussing the Italian front: 'There's amazing stories in this book, The White War' - used to illustrate the terrible conditions of fighting between Italian and Austrian forces in the mountains.
Author: Unknown
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Mentioned as a book 'published in the late 1930s' that is quoted in Nick Lloyd's book on the Eastern Front. A primary source memoir about Austrian troops in WWI.