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010 $a 2014019743
020 $a9781137359001 (hardback : alkaline paper)
020 $a1137359005 (hardback : alkaline paper)
024 $a40023907044
035 $a(OCoLC)873725595
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn873725595
035 $a(NNC)10905324
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084 $aHIS010000$aHIS027060$aHIS027090$aHIS037070$aHIS040000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFried, Marvin Benjamin,$d1981-,$eauthor.
245 10 $aAustro-Hungarian war aims in the Balkans during World War I /$cMarvin Benjamin Fried.
264 1 $aHoundsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $axviii, 294 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Beyond their fateful decisions which ultimately led to the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian leaders played a vital role in continuing and expanding the conflict to feed their territorial ambitions. Using previously secret material, Fried examines the Monarchy's aggressive and expansionist war aims in the Balkans. The conquest and subjugation of Serbia was but a cornerstone of a wider Austro-Hungarian imperialist dream of further annexations and the precursor to a hegemonic economic empire in the rest of South-East Europe. Was the purpose to make Austria-Hungary, in the words of one of its leaders, a truly 'European Great Power of the first order,' or were these simply the death throes of an obsolete empire, loathe to voluntarily part with its Great Power status and prestige? In either case, these war aims were 'life and death questions' for the Monarchy's leaders, without which there would be no peace and for which they were prepared to sacrifice enormous quantities of blood and treasure"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Decision-Making in Austria-Hungary -- July 1914-December 1914 -- January 1915-September 1915 -- October 1915-June 1916 -- June 1916-May 1917 -- May 1917-November 1918 -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zAustria$vSources.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCauses$vSources.
651 0 $aAustria$xPolitics and government$y1867-1918$vSources.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zBalkan Peninsula$vSources.
651 0 $aAustria$xForeign relations$zBalkan Peninsula$vSources.
651 0 $aBalkan Peninsula$xForeign relations$zAustria$vSources.
651 0 $aAustria$xForeign relations$y1867-1918$vSources.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Military / Strategy.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Military / World War I.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary.$2bisacsh
852 00 $bglx$hDB86.7$i.F75 2014