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Military Diplomacy in the Dual Alliance

Military Diplomacy in the Dual Alliance


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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.
About the Author: Tim Hadley is adjunct professor at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and at Webster University Vienna.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781498528979
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 33 mm
  • Weight: 607 gr
  • ISBN-10: 149852897X
  • Publisher Date: 24 Dec 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: German Military Attaché Reporting from Vienna, 1879-1914
  • Width: 157 mm


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