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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814229303321

Autore

Hadley Tim

Titolo

Military diplomacy in the dual alliance : German military attaché reporting from Vienna, 1879-1914 / / Tim Hadley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2898-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

355/.03109430943609034

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Diplomatic history

Military attachés - Germany - History

Germany Foreign relations Austria

Austria Foreign relations Germany

Europe Politics and government 1871-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Military attachés in Europe 1879-1914: counting soldiers, building alliances -- The German military attaché -- Sensitive reporting topics -- Military diplomacy and regional security -- Dysfunctional allies: the German mission on the Eastern Front -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book challenges the commonly accepted claims of German memoirists that the significant weaknesses of Germany's ally, Austria-Hungary, were unknown to German military and political leaders before the war. Through an analysis of evidence from German military attachés, the author forces a reevaluation of the German position leading up to World War I.