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  Index

  Aerenthal, Count Alois Lexa von, 48, 49, 54–55, 58–59, 62–64, 66–69, 74, 78, 372

  Aircraft, 140, 174–176

  Albania, 8, 52, 73–74, 76, 77, 79, 82, 90, 93, 94, 103, 256, 365

  Albrecht, Archduke, 89, 137

  Alekseev, General Mikhail, 185, 347

  Alliance systems. See Triple Alliance and Triple Entente

  Andrássy, Count Gyula, 4, 5

  Apis, Colonel, 67, 99–100, 108

  Appel, General Michael, 64, 76, 77, 107, 114, 141

  Armeeoberkommando (AOK). See Conrad von Hötzendorf; General Franz; and Friedrich, Archduke

  Arms race, xx, 12, 29, 111, 118–119

  Artillery

  Austrian artillery, 29, 56–58, 60, 93, 110, 181, 195, 198, 199, 226, 227, 248, 257, 261, 306, 362–363

  German artillery, 370–371

  Russian artillery, 197, 198, 226

  Assassination of Franz Ferdinand. See Sarajevo, assassination plot and Franz Ferdinand

  Atrocities, 135, 139, 142, 160, 161, 162–164, 165 (photo), 167, 170, 231–232, 233 (photo), 257–258, 263–264, 299, 305, 321, 322, 325

  Auffenberg, General Moritz von, 36–38, 40, 92–93, 137, 143

  Auffenberg Affair, 9, 38, 81, 84, 213, 362

  July Crisis, 110, 113, 115, 117

  Komarów, 131, 135, 178, 180, 181, 190, 200, 202, 203 (map), 204–217, 226, 234, 247

  Rawa-Ruska, 232–236, 234, 236, 238, 239, 240, 245–247, 248, 250–251

  War Minister, 34, 48, 60, 64, 70, 78, 81, 102

  Ausgleich (1867), 3–5, 6, 7, 24–25, 41–47, 95

  Austria-Hungary, 4

  Balkan Wars, 73–77, 90–91

  bureaucracy, 32–34, 58, 230

  Dualism, xix, 4, 6, 7–8, 24–25, 27, 31–32

  financial problems, 6–7, 29–30, 64, 80–81, 94

  Hungarian obstruction, 3–8, 12, 24–25, 32, 41–43, 47, 54–55, 91, 123 (see also Hungary)

  internal politics, 26–29, 32–34, 41–43, 47, 96

  “Magyarization,” 4–5, 16–17, 35, 41–43, 47

  military weakness, xxiii, 8–9, 28–32, 38–40, 79, 94–95 (see also Austro-Hungarian military)

  problem of nationalism, 2–3, 5, 15, 16 (map), 17–19, 26–33, 41–43, 47, 64, 67–68, 80, 113, 380–381, 384 (map)

  rivalry with Serbia, xix, 51–52, 54–55, 63, 66–69, 79, 90–91, 93, 98, 107

  war aims, 109–110

  war plans. See War plans

  Austro-Hungarian military, 22–23, 31–32, 36–38, 59–60

  artillery. See Artillery

  atrocities. See Atrocities

  casualties. See Casualties

  cliques, 38–40

  Common or joint k.u.k. Army, 6–7, 12, 24, 29–32, 34–38, 89

  cooperation with the German army, 65–66, 122, 126–129, 169–170, 171, 178, 247, 249–250, 269, 270–272, 276, 277, 283–284, 287, 291, 300–301, 313–314, 336, 339, 341–345, 351–352, 358, 369–373, 380–381

  corruption, 9, 38, 40–41

  general staff, 38–40

  Honvéd, 3, 6, 29–30, 123

  Landwehr, 6, 123

  language problems, 22–23, 31, 34–37, 159, 163–164, 190, 261–262, 363, 368

  low status, 36–38, 40–41

  military weakness, xxiii, 6–7, 8, 12, 22–23, 25, 29, 35–36, 55–60, 61–62, 91, 93, 132–133, 151

  mobilization in 1914, xxiii, 100–102, 110, 111–113, 115–118, 122–133, 126–133

  morale problems, 227, 248, 251, 256, 257, 262–263, 282–283, 299, 303–305, 307–309, 318, 333–335, 353–354, 361–364, 368, 376–378, 379–380

  prewar maneuvers, 61–62, 90, 91–93, 96, 99, 100, 102

  scandals, 83–84, 86–90

  shell shortage, 60, 156, 170–171, 248, 250, 257, 261, 267–268, 280, 286, 319, 321, 363

  tactics. See Tactics

  war plans. See War plans

  Austro-Prussian War (1866), xix, xxii, 1–3, 4, 7–8, 11–12, 17–21, 23, 38, 58, 61–62, 156, 177, 193, 215, 243, 338

  Badeni, Count Casimir, 27, 28, 33, 383, 385

  Balkan League (1912–1913), 73–74, 90, 255

  Balkan policy of Austria, 8, 25–26, 43–44, 49, 52–55, 58–60, 62–63, 66–69, 73–77, 98, 109, 255, 267, 324–325, 372

  Balkan Wars (1912–1913), xxii, 8, 12–13, 60, 65, 73–77, 83, 90–91, 113, 141, 154

  See also First Balkan War (1912)

  See also Second Balkan War (1913)

  Bardolff, Col. Karl, 31–32, 100

  Beck, General Friedrich, 17, 23, 38–40, 84, 88, 91, 92, 139, 141

  Below, General Otto von, 345

  Berchtold, Count Leopold, 48, 76, 79, 255, 271, 313, 323, 327, 336, 338, 341–342, 364

  Balkan Wars, 77–79, 94

  July Crisis, 106–109, 113, 116–119

  Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von, 111, 118–119, 271

  Beust, Count Friedrich von, 3–4

  Bilinksi, Ritter Leon von, 113, 153

  Bismarck, Count Otto von, 1, 7, 19–20, 26, 119, 136

  Black Hand, 67, 95, 99–100, 106

  “Blank check,” 64, 109–110, 112, 118

  Böhm-Ermolli, General Eduard von, 124, 138, 166, 171, 180, 188, 352

  Lemberg battles, 217, 218, 224, 226, 228

  Rawa-Ruska, 232, 244

  Boer War (1899–1902), 65, 121

  Bolfras, General Arthur, 39, 79, 120, 139, 140, 167–168, 209, 251–255, 257, 266–267, 307, 313, 321, 336, 337, 350, 352, 364, 378

  Boroevic, General Svetozar, 205, 206, 207–208, 250 (photo), 252

  Carpathian battles, 349–350, 352

  Rawa-Ruska, 232, 237, 238, 239, 242, 244, 246–247, 248

  San battles, 282–283, 303–304

  Bosnia-Herzegovina,

  internal problems, 67–68

  occupation (1878) and annexation (1908), 8, 25–26, 43–44, 54–55, 58–60, 62–63, 66–68, 77, 145

  See also Balkan policy of Austria

  Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of (1918), 380–381

  Brosch von Aarenau, Colonel Alexander, 94, 195, 208–209, 239–240

  Franz Ferdinand’s influential aide, 31, 39–41, 47, 78, 82

  Brudermann, General Rudolf, 92–93, 131, 223 (photo)

  Lemberg battles, 180, 204, 208, 211–213, 217, 221, 224–229, 378

  Rawa-Ruska, 232, 236–237, 242, 246

  Brusilov, General Aleksei, 176, 185, 186, 213, 280, 355

  Lemberg battles, 221, 224, 226, 227–228

  Rawa-Ruska, 232, 236, 243, 247–248, 249

  Brusilov Offensive (1916), 369, 379

  Bülow, Prince Bernhard von, 341, 365

  Bulgaria, 44, 52, 63, 69, 73–74, 83, 90–91, 95, 134, 150, 255, 267, 315, 316, 323

  Burián, Count István, 113, 116, 166, 342, 365, 372

  Caporetto, Battle of (1917), 369, 370, 374, 375

  Carpathians, Battle of (1914–1915), 341–360, 346 (map), 349 (photo), 353 (photo).

  Casualties, xxi

  Austrian, 168, 192 (photo), 200, 205, 219 (photo), 223, 246, 247, 251, 259, 265–268, 269–270, 285, 306, 307, 309, 312, 327, 335–336, 338–339, 358, 359–360, 364, 375–376

  German, 271, 301, 302

  Russian, 193, 200, 226, 246, 247, 293, 301, 302, 306, 360, 370, 381–382

  Serbian, 168, 268, 319, 325, 336

  Cavalry, 174, 176, 177 (photo)

  Cer Mountains, Battle of (1914), 149, 151–155, 164–165, 166

  Churchill, Winston, xxi, 17, 64, 94, 109, 111, 209, 275

  Ciganovic, Milan, 108

  Clemenceau, Georges, 373

  Colerus, General Emil, 223, 225, 280

  Congress of Berlin (1878), 51–52, 63

  Congress of Vienna (1815), 2

  Conrad von Hötzendorf, General Franz, 91, 100, 245 (photo), 311 (photo), 374–375

  Carpathian battles, 343–345, 346 (map), 349–353, 358–36
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  deployment in Galicia, 169–170, 171, 172 (map), 173–174, 178–179, 180, 181, 185–186

  July Crisis, 110

  Lemberg battles, 189, 204, 207, 211–213, 217, 221, 224, 225–226, 227, 228, 229, 230–231, 234, 245 (photo), 378

  Komarów, 193–194, 200, 201–202, 204, 206–207, 208–209, 211–212, 214, 247

  Krásnik, 188–189, 193–194, 200, 201–202

  Lodz, 299–301

  mistress. See Reininghaus, Gina von

  misunderstanding of modern war, 102–103, 176

  mobilization errors, xxiv, 96–97, 102, 110, 111–113, 115–118, 122–135, 169–171, 178–179, 228, 299

  pessimism, 94, 119, 121, 202, 209, 270–271, 339, 364

  prewar reputation, xxiv, 34, 39, 48, 58, 60–61, 65, 84, 121–122

  push for war, 63–65, 69–70, 78, 80–81, 82, 90, 106–107, 113

  Rawa-Ruska, 195, 232–233, 237–239, 240, 243–244, 245 (photo), 247, 249–250, 378

  Redl Affair, 84, 86–90

  San battles, 275–276, 283–286, 293, 297, 302–303, 305–307, 309

  Serbian invasions, 137–140, 150, 155, 156, 167, 327–328, 337–338 (see also Potiorek, General Oskar)

  wartime leadership, 131–135, 198, 200, 201–202, 204, 206–207, 208–209, 212, 214, 238, 239, 240, 243–245, 247, 249–252, 253–255, 261, 270–271, 277, 293, 302–303, 311–313, 337–339, 341–345, 364–365, 367–368, 378, 379

  Conrad von Hötzendorf, Lieutenant Herbert, 239

  Conrad von Hötzendorf, Lieutenant Kurt, 84, 86. See also Jandric Affair

  Crna Ruka. See Black Hand

  Cult of the Offensive, 61–62, 65, 102–103, 196, 209, 217, 254, 268

  Czech defeatism, 163, 242, 285–286, 353, 359, 367

  Czech nationalism, 19–21, 27, 31, 33, 35, 80, 96

  Czernin, Count Ottokar, 373, 385

  Czibulka, General Claudius, 318

  Danilov, General Yuri, 183, 185, 197, 347

  Dankl, General Viktor, 115, 131, 135, 191 (photo), 209, 210, 240, 275, 280, 282, 283, 285, 299, 307

  Krásnik, 180, 188–191, 194, 198–204, 213, 226, 236, 238

  Delegations, Austro-Hungarian, 32, 37, 44, 91, 96

  Dimitrijevic, Colonel Dragutin. See Apis, Colonel

  Disraeli, Benjamin, 20–21

  Eichhorn, General Hermann von, 345

  Evert, General Aleksei, 199, 201, 204, 295, 303

 

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