Hadley Tim Military Diplomacy in the Dual Alliance: German Military Attache Reporting from Vienna, 1879 1914 9781498528979

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Автор: Hadley Tim
Название: Military Diplomacy in the Dual Alliance: German Military Attache Reporting from Vienna, 1879 1914
ISBN: 9781498528979
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Классификация:

История

Первая мировая война

ISBN-10: 149852897X
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 264
Вес: 0.54 кг.
Дата издания: 24.12.2015
Язык: English
Размер: 238 x 159 x 28
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Подзаголовок: German military attache reporting from vienna, 1879-1914
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: This book challenges current thinking about the outbreak of World War I and the course of German foreign policy since Bismarcks chancellorship. In 1914, Germanys 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 armys 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 Germanys political leadership had known of the Austrian armys weaknesses for decades before the war. The book also reveals a new perspective of Bismarcks 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 Austrias weakness that spurred Bismarcks 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 Austrias weaknesses despite the warnings of the military attach s, and permitted Austria to become involved in a war. The result was tragically foreseeable.

Military Diplomacy in the Dual Alliance: German Military Attache Reporting from Vienna, 1879 1914, Hadley Tim