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Title:

The Central Powers and the Balkans : a Study of Diplomatic Activities of Germany and Austro-Hungary in Southeast Europe (1909–1913)

Subtitle:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, Vol. 53 (2018), Special Issue

Creator:

Rubacha, Jarosław (1970– )

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of publishing:

Warsaw

Date issued/created:

2018

Description:

Continues: Studia z Dziejów ZSRR i Europy Środkowej ; p. 63-88

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Balkans (region) - 20th c. ; Balkan Peninsula - history - war of 1912-1913 ; Austro-Hungary - politics and government - history ; Germany - politics and governments - history ; Central Powers

Abstract:

Because of its geographic location at the meeting point of the Western world and the Orient, the Balkan Peninsula for many centuries had figured largely both in the European politics and in its economy, and its importance increased in the mid-nineteenth century, when the European powers entered the so-called “imperial phase.” It is hardly surprising then that at this particular period this small region, situated at “the edge of civilized Europe,” had become the arena of fierce fighting for spheres of influence. Germany and Austro-Hungary joined this struggle, too. Even though these two states variously defined their ultimate objectives in the Balkans, it was widely acknowledged both in Berlin and in Vienna that gaining an advantage over the rivals could not only significantly influence the development of domestic industry, which would acquire new markets for its output, but it could also affect the state of European politics. Nevertheless, the new developments and deep transformations occurring in the Balkans at the outset of the twentieth century, misjudged and belittled by the diplomatic services of the Central Powers, resulted in a heavy defeat that they suffered in the endeavors to consolidate their position in Southeast Europe.

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Relation:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

Volume:

53

Issue:

Special Issue

Start page:

63

End page:

88

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

1230-5057 ; 10.12775/SDR.2018.3.03

Source:

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Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol ; eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

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Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; National Programme for the Development of the Humanities

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