| ID | 133804 |
| Title Proper | Austro-Hungarian experience of coalition warfare, 1914-18 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kronenbitter, Gunther |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Austria-Hungary's experience of Germany's junior partner was fraught with misunderstandings and a failure to devise a coherent common strategy
While the Anglo-French experience of coalition warfare during the First World War has been the subject of many English-language volumes, Austria-Hungary's relationship with Germany - its senior partner within the Triple Alliance - has been underexplored. In this article, Günther Kronenbitter analyses the uneasy dynamics of this alliance, tracing it through the two countries' wilfully blinkered, thirty-year preparations for a war that eventually came in August 1914, before exploring their increasingly fraught and inadequate efforts to co-ordinate their campaigns and resources - a process marked by resentment and, more importantly, a failure to take a unified strategic approach. |
| `In' analytical Note | Rusi Journal Vol.159, No.4; Aug-Sep.2014: p.76-83 |
| Journal Source | Rusi Journal Vol.159, No.4; Aug-Sep.2014: p.76-83 |
| Key Words | Austria ; Hungary ; Austro-Hungarian Experience ; Coalition Warfare ; Germany ; Warfare Strategy ; Warfare History ; Great War ; World War - I ; Coherent Common Strategy - CCS ; Leadership ; Strategic Approach ; Triple Alliance ; Anglo-French Experience |