'Like the Lord Lieutenant of a County': The Habsburg Monarchy and Milan Obrenović of Serbia 1868–1881
| Autor: | Ian D. Armour |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Canadian Slavonic Papers. 55:305-342 |
| ISSN: | 2375-2475 0008-5006 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00085006.2013.11092740 |
| Popis: | On the basis of largely neglected Hungarian sources and Austrian archival material, this article argues that, with the emergence of a “Hungarian factor” in Habsburg foreign policy after 1867, policy towards Serbia increasingly relied on the Monarchy’s personal hold over Prince Milan Obrenovic. This strategy in turn can be seen as part of a Hungarian surrogate “imperialism,” through which the Habsburg Monarchy would enhance Hungary’s security through hegemony in the Danubian basin. The policy was eventually consolidated in 1880–1881 by a series of treaties which made Serbia an economic and political satellite of the Monarchy, but the linch-pin of the structure remained Milan Obrenovic. Milan, however, proved an imperfect instrument since he loathed Serbia, was unpopular because of his obvious subservience to Austro-Hungarian interests, and longed for the fleshpots of Western Europe. The article suggests that such a “personal policy” was increasingly unlikely to succeed after the granting of a more ... |
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