![The History of the Twentieth Century show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/076/806/small/the-history-of-the-twentieth-century.jpg)
Summary: The end of the war on the Eastern Front and the Italian defeat at Caporetto gave Austria-Hungary a badly needed military respite. But domestically, the country was crumbling, economically, socially, and politically. Discontent has reached critical mass.