This volume on the legacy of the Habsburg Monarchy in the successor states is published as a special volume in the series “The Habsburg Monarchy 1848–1918”. 30 authors focus on the 1920s, examining continuities from the period of the Dual Monarchy in the successor states as well as ruptures. Developed outside the concept of the twelve volumes presented in the series, the focus of the special volume is on opening up perspectives based on thematic diversity. This is done on the basis of six main areas: 1. end and new beginning: from empire to republic, 2. provision for war invalids and social policy, 3. legal continuity,