Apple of discord : the "Hungarian factor" in Austro-Serbian relations, 1867-1881 [Electronic book] / Ian D. Armour.
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West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2014]
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©2014
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Electronic book.
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Bibliog.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index.
Contents
Austria, Hungary and Serbia in 1867 -- Kállay goes to Belgrade -- The Obrenović assassination -- The Karađorđević prosecution 1868-70 -- The Bosnian question 1868-70 -- Managing the South Slavs -- Effect of the Franco-Prussian war -- The Bosnian question revisited 1870-71 -- The Karađorđević fiasco 1870-71 -- Serbia's swing toward Russia 1870-71 -- A problematical relationship 1871-78 -- The imposition of satellite status 1878-81.
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Summary
When seeking the origins of World War I, the chain of events in the late nineteenth century that led to the breakdown of relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia and facilitated the rise of an aggressive Serbian nationalism needs to be understood. This book focuses on the hitherto unexplored Hungarian influence on the Habsburg Monarchy's policy toward Serbia after the 1867 Ausgleich, and it argues that this early period was critical in shaping policy after 1871, down to the imposition on Serbia in 1881 of a system of economic and political control. The Ausgleich, the Austro-Hungarian compromise that reconstituted the Empire as a dual monarchy, gave Hungary a limited voice in foreign affairs; and it was at the request of the Hungarian premier, Count Gyula Andrássy, that the young politician Benjámin Kállay was appointed representative at Belgrade in 1868. Both men were obsessed with the threat posed by Russia and particularly concerned that Serbia might be used as a stalking horse for Russian influence among the Monarchy's South Slavs. They pursued a shadow policy designed to draw Serbia firmly into the Monarchy's sphere of influence, which contradicted that of the foreign minister, Count Beust, and resulted in a serious deterioration in relations with Serbia by 1871. After 1871 Andrássy, as foreign minister, laid the foundations for a more explicit control of Serbia; Kállay, as a senior diplomat, negotiated the treaties that, by 1881, locked Serbia into satellite status for a generation. Through detailed archival research in multiple languages and a painstaking reconstruction of diplomatic events, Armour illuminates a crucial period in Central European history, showing how the origins of a war that claimed millions of lives can be traced to political maneuverings almost fifty years before.
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Print version: Armour, Ian D., author. Apple of discord 9781557536839 (DLC) 2014002934 (OCoLC)854609725
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9781612493282 electronic bk.
1612493289 electronic bk.
9781612493275 electronic bk.
1612493270 electronic bk.
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