Titlebook: Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War I; Marvin Benjamin Fried Book 2014 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan P

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Introduction, shackled to its powerful German ally and entirely dependent on it for survival. True, the Great War ended the Dual Monarchy’s existence, but only after more than four years of war, a front line stretching over two-thirds of its borders, and conflict with five of its seven neighbors. Moreover, Austr

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July 1914-December 1914,d making use of Bulgarian deterrence to keep Rumania neutral. Military failure against Serbia made it difficult both to defeat Montenegro and maintain influence in Albania. As we shall see, Foreign Minister Berchtold and General Conrad agreed that, although dominance of the Western Balkans. was a vi

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October 1915-June 1916, and subduing Serbia and Montenegro finally became possible. Achievement of Austro-Hungarian war aims in the Balkans hinged on the Central Powers’ ability to defeat Serbia in particular. Yet only on September 6, 1915, when the Bulgarian government signed a military agreement establishing the Quadrup