Military Diplomacy In The Dual Alliance

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Military Diplomacy In The Dual Alliance

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Author : Tim Hadley
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-12-24

Military Diplomacy In The Dual Alliance written by Tim Hadley and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-24 with History categories.

This book challenges current thinking about the outbreak of World War I and the course of German foreign policy since Bismarck’s chancellorship. In 1914, Germany's opening offensives against France were to be accompanied by a simultaneous offensive by her ally, Austria-Hungary, against Russia. The Austrian offensive was intended to hold the Russians until Germany defeated the French—six weeks, no more. Then, the German army would turn east to support the Austrians. The Austrian offensive was a catastrophic failure. After only days of fighting Russia, Germany was obliged to send troops to support Austria lest she capitulate while most of the German army was still in France. The Austrian army’s severe deficiencies were a constant drain on the German effort throughout the war. After the war, German memoirists and historians claimed that the German leadership had been unaware of these deficiencies before the war broke out. These claims have been accepted by historians down to today. The book presents recently re-discovered documentary evidence that the German general staff and Germany’s political leadership had known of the Austrian army’s weaknesses for decades before the war. The book also reveals a new perspective of Bismarck’s diplomacy beginning shortly after he engineered the Dual Alliance between the two countries in 1879. It demonstrates that as early as 1882 Bismarck became aware that the Austrian army was far weaker than assumed when he concluded the alliance. It was primarily his concern about Austria’s weakness that spurred Bismarck’s energetic diplomacy, seeking alliances and understandings with other countries in the region, and which became the main consideration that guided his foreign policy from then on. For if Austria suffered a defeat, Germany would find itself alone between two dangerous powers: France and Russia. The consequences of his policies resulted in peace down to his departure in 1890. His successors, for a variety of reasons addressed in the book, were not as careful, ignored Austria’s weaknesses despite the warnings of the military attachés, and permitted Austria to become involved in a war. The result was tragically foreseeable.

The Logic Of Diplomacy

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Author : Alan S. Alexandroff
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Release Date : 1981-04

The Logic Of Diplomacy written by Alan S. Alexandroff and has been published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-04 with Political Science categories.

Alexandroff explains how diplomacy is at the heart of patterns of foreign policy behaviour. Using the interactions of the European Great Powers between 1870 and 1890 as an example, he critically examines currently prevalent theories of international behaviour and proposes the logic of diplomacy as a better explanation of this behaviour. '...one of the book's strengths is that it encompasses the whole spectrum of diplomatic behavior from cooperation to conflict, rather than the more frequent focus simply on extremes such as alliances or military war. The work also does an excellent job at placing its approach in the context of the existing macro-level quantitative international relations projects.' -- The American Political

War And Diplomacy In The French Republic

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Author : Frederick Lewis Schuman
language : en
Publisher: New York : H. Fertig
Release Date : 1969

War And Diplomacy In The French Republic written by Frederick Lewis Schuman and has been published by New York : H. Fertig this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with History categories.

Dangerous Alliances

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Author : Patricia A. Weitsman
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2004

Dangerous Alliances written by Patricia A. Weitsman and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.

Military alliances drive international politics. They embody conflict and cooperation among states and shape the international political landscape. Despite the profound effect alliances have on the course of international politics, many gaps remain in our understanding of their formation, continuance, and cohesion. In this book, Patricia Weitsman introduces a comprehensive theory that unifies current ideas about alliances and examines the relationship between threat and alliance politics under conditions of both war and peace. Examining military alliances before and during World War I, Weitsman provides a new interpretation of the politics of the great powers of this period. She reveals that states frequently form alliances to keep peace among the allied countries, not simply to counter shared external threats. Though alliances may be perceived by others to present a unified and threatening front, countries often face significant threats from within their own alliances. It is this paradox that underscores Weitsman's theory: although alliances are frequently forged to sustain peace, they may, in fact, increase the prospects of war.

The Diplomatic Background Of The World War

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Author : Lawrence William Cramer
language : en
Publisher: Simon Publications
Release Date : 1929

The Diplomatic Background Of The World War written by Lawrence William Cramer and has been published by Simon Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1929 with History categories.

A well-researched answer by a Columbia University political scientist to the question: Who started the First World War?

The Secret Enemy

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Author : Gary W. Shanafelt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985

The Secret Enemy written by Gary W. Shanafelt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.

A significant study of the repercussions of the Austro-Hungarian alliance with Germany on the Dual Monarchy's stability during World War I.

Grand Strategy And Military Alliances

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Author : Peter R. Mansoor
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-02-09

Grand Strategy And Military Alliances written by Peter R. Mansoor and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-09 with History categories.

A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.

Fall Of The Double Eagle

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Author : John R. Schindler
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-12

Fall Of The Double Eagle written by John R. Schindler and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12 with History categories.

Although southern Poland and western Ukraine are not often thought of in terms of decisive battles in World War I, the impulses that precipitated the battle for Galicia in August 1914—and the unprecedented carnage that resulted—effectively doomed the Austro-Hungarian Empire just six weeks into the war. In Fall of the Double Eagle, John R. Schindler explains how Austria-Hungary, despite military weakness and the foreseeable ill consequences, consciously chose war in that fateful summer of 1914. Through close examination of the Austro-Hungarian military, especially its elite general staff, Schindler shows how even a war that Vienna would likely lose appeared preferable to the “foul peace” the senior generals loathed. After Serbia outgunned the polyglot empire in a humiliating defeat, and the offensive into Russian Poland ended in the massacre of more than four hundred thousand Austro-Hungarians in just three weeks, the empire never recovered. While Austria-Hungary’s ultimate defeat and dissolution were postponed until the autumn of 1918, the late summer of 1914 on the plains and hills of Galicia sealed its fate.

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language : en
Publisher: Yeditepe Yayınevi
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The First World War And German National Identity

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Author : Jan Vermeiren
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-07-18

The First World War And German National Identity written by Jan Vermeiren and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-18 with History categories.

An innovative study of the impact of the wartime alliance between Imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary on German national identity.