by John Lukacs
Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right.
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City & its Culture by John Lukacs
Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld, 1988
Copyright: 1988 by John Lukacs