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Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War I

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  1. Marvin Benjamin Fried

    1. Department of International History, London School of Economics, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-5

  3. War Aims and Decision-Making in Austria-Hungary

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    Pages 6-22

  4. July 1914-December 1914

    • Marvin Benjamin Fried
    Pages 23-58

  5. January 1915-September 1915

    • Marvin Benjamin Fried
    Pages 59-106

  6. October 1915-June 1916

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    Pages 107-168

  7. June 1916-May 1917

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    Pages 169-214

  8. May 1917-November 1918

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    Pages 215-230

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 231-234

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 235-294
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The conquest of Serbia was only one of the goals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the First World War; beyond this lay the desire to control much of South-East Europe. Employing previously unseen sources, Marvin Fried provides the first complete analysis of the Monarchy's war aims in the Balkans and tells the story of its imperialist ambitions.

Reviews

" [...] this is a necessary book and any scholar serious about Austro-Hungary during the First World War needs to read it. The book will also be a great asset to generalists working on wartime foreign policy and decision-making process." - Reviews in History

'Although the war aims of almost all the other 1914-1918 belligerents have now been studied, those of Austria-Hungary have long been neglected. Marvin Fried's new study, based on groundbreaking archival research in both Vienna and Budapest, provides the first full-length analysis of the Habsburg Monarchy's objectives, offering not only much new information but also insights of relevance not only for the Balkan theatre but also for the history of the First World War as a whole.' - David Stevenson, London School of Economics, UK. Author of '1914-1918: The History of the First World War'.

'Marvin Fried has written the first detailed and archive based study on Austro Hungarian War aims and offers a new picture on what the government in Vienna wanted to achieve during the First World War.' - Holger Afflerbach, University of Leeds, UK. Author of Falkenhayn and The Triple Alliance

"Marvin Fried's excellent analysis of Habsburg foreign policy during the First World War is based on a meticulous knowledge of the German and Hungarian military and diplomatic sources and constitutes one of the most important books now available on the end of the Monarchy and the war itself." - Alan Sked, London School of Economics, UK. Author of 'Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire'.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of International History, London School of Economics, UK

    Marvin Benjamin Fried

About the author

Dr Marvin Benjamin Fried teaches First World War and Twentieth Century International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. His research focuses on the grand strategy, alliance diplomacy, and civil-military relations of the Central Powers during the First World War.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War I

  • Authors: Marvin Benjamin Fried

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137359018

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-35900-1Published: 04 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47143-0Published: 01 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-35901-8Published: 01 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 294

  • Topics: History of Military, History of World War II and the Holocaust, European History, Modern History

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