Fall of the Double Eagle Quotes

“A brief autumn stroll” (einen kleinen Herbstspaziergang) was what staffers in Sarajevo, singing the tune of jingoistic journalists and politicians throughout the Dual Monarchy, expected once the troops crossed into Serbia, a rosy assessment shared even by many well-placed functionaries in Vienna. “We’ll be able to chase off the Serbs with a wet rag,” promised Lt. Col. Purtscher, chief of the Balkan operations group on the General Staff.”
― John R. Schindler, Fall of the Double Eagle: The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary