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Making of 20th Century Ser.: Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War by Samuel R. Williamson Jr (1990, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-100333420810

ISBN-139780333420812

eBay Product ID (ePID)4432085

Product Key Features

Number of Pages290 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAustria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War

SubjectEurope / Austria & Hungary, Military / World War I, Europe / General

Publication Year1990

TypeTextbook

AuthorSamuel R. Williamson Jr

Subject AreaHistory

SeriesMaking of 20th Century Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight13.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition20

Series Volume Number4

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal943.604

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Abbreviations Maps Introduction Austria-Hungary and the International System: Great Power or Doomed Anachronism? The Domestic Context of Habsburg Foreign Policy Dynasty, Generals, Diplomats: The Instruments of Habsburg Foreign Policy Aehrenthal's Legacy: Bosnian Colonial Success and the Italo-Turkish War The Monarch's Allies: Aggresive Berlin, Dubious Rome, Uncertain Bucharest The Monarchy's Enemies: Serbia, Montenegro and the Triple Entente Militant Diplomacy: The Habsburgs and the First Balkan War, August 1912-May 1913 Diplomatic Options Reconsidered: The Second Balkan War and After, June-December 1913 Austria-Hungary and the Last Months Before Sarajevo: January-June 1914 Vienna and the July Crisis Notes and References Bibliography Index.

SynopsisA major re-examination of Habsburg decision-making from 1912 to July 1914, the study argues that Austria-Hungary and not Germany made the crucial decisions for war in the summer of 1914. Based on extensive new archival research, the book traces the gradual militarization of Austro-Hungarian foreign policy during the Balkan Wars. The disasters of those wars and the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir-apparent and a force for peace in the monarchy, convinced the Habsburg elite that only a war against Serbia would end the South Slav threat to the monarchy's existence. Williamson also describes Russia's assertive foreign policy after 1912 and stresses the unique linkages of domestic and foreign policy in almost every issue faced by Habsburg statesmen.

LC Classification NumberD1-DX301