The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire /

The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire / / A. Wess Mitchell.

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The Habsburg Empire's grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical worldThe Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain succe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Mitchell, A. Wess,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 16 b/w illus., 3 tables, 17 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Note on Terminology
  • The Habsburg puzzle
  • Part I. Strategic Characteristics of the Habsburg Empire
  • Empire of the Danube
  • Damnosa Hereditas
  • "Si Vis Pacem"
  • Part II. Habsburg Frontier Defense "Systems"
  • Harvest of Briars
  • "The Monster"
  • Teufelfranzosen
  • Part III. Zenith, Decline, and Legacy
  • Barricades of Time
  • Between Hammer and Anvil
  • The Habsburg Legacy
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Select sources and bibliography
  • Index

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