Priming the Powder Keg. Habsburg Modernization Efforts and their Effects on Balkan Diplomacy
Priming the Powder Keg. Habsburg Modernization Efforts and their Effects on Balkan Diplomacy
Author(s): R.J.B. DrakeSubject(s): Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Új-és Jelenkori Egyetemes Történeti Tanszék
Keywords: Habsburg Dual Monarchy; Balkans; diplomacy; Francis Ferdinand; Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal; Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Summary/Abstract: Efforts to modernize the political, foreign and military affairs of the Habsburg Monarchy were begun in 1906, in order to counter the perceived weaknesses of the Habsburg state. The effects of these reforms, both intentional and unintentional, would serve to push the „Balkan Question” into a prominent position in European Great Power diplomacy from 1906-1914.
Journal: ÖT KONTINENS
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 109-124
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English