The article surveys the social and military history of Austria-Hungary during th…
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Survey Articles (Regional)
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Austria-Hungary
By Pieter M. Judson
Regional Thematic Articles
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Between Acceptance and Refusal - Soldiers' Attitudes Towards War (Austria-Hungary)
By Richard Lein
Since the end of World War One it has generally been accepted that the collapse …
Regional Thematic
Centenary (Hungary)
By Peter Ferwagner
In Hungary, World War I commemorations have been mainly organized by the Centena…
Regional Thematic
Food and Nutrition (Austria-Hungary)
By Ernst Langthaler
Food became a scarce – and thus decisive – resource for the Habsburg Empire’s wa…
Regional Thematic
Governments-Parliaments and Parties (Hungary)
By András Joó
Political life in the Hungarian part of the Dual Monarchy (particularly the cons…
Regional Thematic
Historiography 1918-Today (Austria-Hungary)
By Hannes Leidinger
Apart from a few brief words regarding the relevant scientific work of internati…
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Labour, Labour Movements, Trade Unions and Strikes (Austria-Hungary)
By Jakub Beneš
The First World War was a period of repression and severe privation in Austria-H…
Regional Thematic
Organization of War Economies (Austria-Hungary)
By Felix Butschek
This article describes the structure and development of the Austro-Hungarian war…
Regional Thematic
Post-war Turmoil and Violence (Hungary)
By Tamás Révész
In November 1918, massive popular unrest broke out in the Hungarian countryside,…
Regional Thematic
Press/Journalism (Austria-Hungary)
By Petronilla Ehrenpreis
The undisputed superiority of the Western Powers, above all Great Britain in the…
Regional Thematic
Prisoners of War (Austria-Hungary)
By Verena Moritz, Julia Walleczek-Fritz
The following article offers an overview of the central fields of research conce…
Regional Thematic
Revolutions (Austria-Hungary)
By Hannes Leidinger
The following pages - focusing on the collapse of the Habsburg Empire and the in…
Regional Thematic
Social Conflict and Control, Protest and Repression (Austria-Hungary)
By Maureen Healy, Dana Bronson, Musa Jemal
This essay traces the experience on the plural home fronts of the Habsburg Empir…
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War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Austria-Hungary)
By Samuel R. Williamson, Jr.
In July 1914 the Habsburg monarchy went to war with Serbia declaring it sought n…
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War Finance (Austria-Hungary)
By Ágnes Pogány
The article presents a new estimate of the war costs and an overview of war fina…
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War Losses (Austria-Hungary)
By Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik
Estimates of the total losses of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces range from 1.…
Encyclopedic Entries
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Austro-Hungarian Enemy Aliens (USA)
By Nicole M. Phelps
Austrian and Hungarian citizens working in war-related industries were exempt fr…
Entry
Berchtold, Leopold Graf
By Samuel R. Williamson, Jr.
Graf Leopold Berchtold, Habsburg foreign minister from 1912 to 1915, was confron…
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Burián von Rajecz, István, Graf
By Marvin Benjamin Fried
István Burián was a leading Austro-Hungarian career diplomat and politician, ris…
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Charles I, Emperor of Austria
By Robert Rill
In his youth, the archduke was introduced to the idea of federalism by Archduke …
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Czechoslovak-Hungarian Border Conflict
By Aliaksandr Piahanau
From 1918–1920, Czechoslovakia and Hungary claimed their rights over Slovakia an…
Entry
Feminist Pacifism
By Annika Wilmers
A minority section of the women’s movements opposed World War I and organized th…
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Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria
By Lothar Höbelt
Under the terms of the 1867 constitution, Francis Joseph retained his prerogativ…
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Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este
By Paul Miller
This biographical overview of Archduke Franz Ferdinand examines the evolution of…
Entry
Germany's Blank Cheque to Austria-Hungary
By William Mulligan
Germany’s offer of unconditional support to its Austro-Hungarian ally in July 19…
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Horthy, Miklós
By Catherine Horel
Horthy was a naval officer of Austria-Hungary. During the First World War he was…
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Kun, Béla
By Boldizsár Vörös
Béla Kun was a Hungarian communist politician. He began his career as a social d…
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Prochaska Affair
By Richard C. Hall
The Prochaska Affair was a diplomatic dispute between Austria-Hungary and Serbia…
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Redl, Alfred
By Günther Kronenbitter
On 25 May 1913 Colonel Alfred Redl, the former head of Austria-Hungary’s militar…
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Roth, Joseph
By Ilse Josepha Lazaroms
Joseph Roth was a Jewish writer and journalist. His experiences at the Eastern F…
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Ruggera, Camillo
By Nicola Fontana
Camillo Ruggera was an officer of the General Staff in the Austro-Hungarian army…
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Sanjak of Novi Pazar
By Tamara Scheer
Although sanjak usually means any one of many Ottoman administrative units, one …
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Sarkotić von Lovćen, Stephan Freiherr
By Marc Stefan Peters
Stephan Baron von Sarkotić was an Austro-Hungarian general who had already made …
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Sixtus Affair
By Robert Rill
The Sixtus Affair was the failed attempt by Emperor Charles I. of Austria and hi…
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Tisza, István, Gróf
By Zoltán Maruzsa
István Tisza was a Hungarian politician and minister. He served as Prime Ministe…
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Trialism
By Mateusz Drozdowski
Before and at the beginning of World War I, various proposals concerning the cre…
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Trianon, Treaty of
By Miklós Zeidler
The Treaty of Trianon is one of the Paris peace treaties that ended the First Wo…
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Viribus Unitis, SMS
By Walter Blasi
The Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitis was commissioned in reaction to t…
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War Requirement Acts
By Ágnes Pogány
The War Requirements Acts were passed in Austria-Hungary in 1912. They placed mi…
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War Surveillance Office (Austria-Hungary)
By Tamara Scheer
During the First World War, Austria-Hungary implemented a state of emergency wit…
See Also
Thematic
Antisemitism
By Werner Bergmann, Ulrich Wyrwa
The First World War and its direct repercussions in the postwar period (revoluti…
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Bereavement and Mourning
By Manfred Hettling, Tino Schölz
In the modern era, new forms of mourning and meaning-making for fallen soldiers …
Thematic
Centenary (Museums)
By Andrea Brait
This article discusses how European museums – in particular, national war museum…
Thematic
Civilian and Military Power
By Lawrence Sondhaus
By 1914 the leading states had succumbed to varying degrees of militarism, subor…
Thematic
Paramilitary Violence
By Annemarie Sammartino
While World War I featured the largest armies ever assembled, it was also fought…
Thematic
The Military Collapse of the Central Powers
By Graydon A. Tunstall
October 1918 witnessed the collapse of the German and Austro-Hungarian armies, b…
Thematic
Visualization of Violence
By Mark Connelly
This piece explores the visualisation of violence for home front audiences and s…
Thematic
Women War Reporters
By Stephanie Seul
Female war reporters from belligerent and neutral countries were present in the …
