Dollfuss: An Austrian Patriot was written by neo-Thomist professor Fr. Johannes Messner based upon his close association and collaboration with Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria. Messner’s account of Dollfuss’s life provides a brief sketch of biographical details, but, more importantly, illustrates Dollfuss’s social vision and provides an account of his attempt to structure Austrian social and economic life along the lines determined by Quadragesimo Anno. As a leading exponent of Catholic Social Doctrine as it was expressed in the Austrian tradition established by Karl von Vogelsang, Messner is uniquely qualified to highlight the reforms initiated by Dollfuss as they relate to the traditional social vision of the Church.
Foreword —Dr. Alice von Hildebrand
Introduction —Dr. John Zmirak
Austria: On the Assassination of Dollfuss —G. K. Chesterton
Illustrations
I. From Early Years to Manhood
II. The Appointed Path
III. Freedom at Home
IV. Independence Abroad
V. Austria the Fatherland
VI. Economic Recovery
VII. Corporate Organization
VIII. The Christian State
IX. Social Justice
X. The State and the Church
XI. Austria and Europe
XII. Heroic Leadership
XIII. A Lonely Death
Chronology
Biographical Notes
