Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War IThe 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. |
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2 War Aims and DecisionMaking in AustriaHungary | 6 |
3 July 1914December 1914 | 23 |
4 January 1915September 1915 | 59 |
5 October 1915June 1916 | 107 |
6 June 1916May 1917 | 169 |
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