The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913, An Austrian-Hungarian Perspective
The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913, An Austrian-Hungarian Perspective

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the position, intentions and perspectives of Austrian – Hungarian Empire at the end of XIX and the be ginning of XX cen tury. In order to maintain its status of the Great Power, it sought the area for expansion in the Balkan, as the only direction possible. On the other side, the growing power of the newly for med Balkan states, predominantly Ser bia, presented an obstacle to its pretensions on Thessalonica, which was tried to overcome by creation of independent Albanian state under decisive influence of Wienna...

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