Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-240) and index.
Introduction -- The 1980 Silver Jubilee : Austria finally emerges from the world war -- Occupied Austria : Cold War hostage -- Austria under occupation : liberated but not free -- The occupation ends : neutrality begins -- Bruno Kreisky : not yet Chancellor -- Beyond the corridors of power : cultural icons as opinion-formers -- Chancellor Kreisky : a post-imperial emperor -- Kreisky's Middle East ventures -- The golden age of economic prosperity -- Austria in the dock : the Waldheim saga -- From the Mozartkugel to Klimt and Schiele -- Exit Waldheim, enter Haider : have the lessons of the past been absorbed? -- The restitution go-slow -- Small but far from insignificant : a personal assessment of Austria