Could Austria-Hungary Deterred Russian Mobilization In 1914
Could Austria-Hungary have deterred Russian mobilization in 1914?
The confrontation between Austria-Hungary and Russia took place against the context of World War I. Basically the Industrial Revolution was responsible for this war of great magnitude – something the world had not witnessed previously. The Industrial Age led to technological advancements and it triggered arms race (Lec 8 page 6). Nations armed with these tools began to churn out goods en masse. Production meant two things – resources for supply of raw materials and markets for selling the products. For this the countries began to colonize other less developed parts of the world. The industrialized nations now began to vie with each other for a share of the pie and this was the basic cause for WWI. The other causes were subordinate – nationalistic sentiments, alliances, betrayals, slicing up the ‘sick man of Europe’ – …show more content…
From this maze two power blocs emerged – Austria-Hungary with Germany on one side and Britain, France, Russia and Serbia on the other. The two blocs had been breathing down their necks for some years but the assassination of Ferdinand, the crown prince of Austria triggered off the war because the survival of the state was at stake (Lec 7 page 3). Internal unrest was a prime cause in the case of Russia. There was urgency to divert attention from the growing discontent of the labour class. Internally Russia was crumbling and the mobilization efforts showcased the paper-tiger in an effort to put off the inevitable end of the Russian Empire. The competing nations were not equal in advancements and this disparity was masked with show of strength – the mask behind the reality. Russian interests were the same that it nursed through decades – finding an opening into the Mediterranean. Austria-Hungary was basically a rural based empire toeing the line of Germany. Thus the strings were in the hand of
The confrontation between Austria-Hungary and Russia took place against the context of World War I. Basically the Industrial Revolution was responsible for this war of great magnitude – something the world had not witnessed previously. The Industrial Age led to technological advancements and it triggered arms race (Lec 8 page 6). Nations armed with these tools began to churn out goods en masse. Production meant two things – resources for supply of raw materials and markets for selling the products. For this the countries began to colonize other less developed parts of the world. The industrialized nations now began to vie with each other for a share of the pie and this was the basic cause for WWI. The other causes were subordinate – nationalistic sentiments, alliances, betrayals, slicing up the ‘sick man of Europe’ – …show more content…
From this maze two power blocs emerged – Austria-Hungary with Germany on one side and Britain, France, Russia and Serbia on the other. The two blocs had been breathing down their necks for some years but the assassination of Ferdinand, the crown prince of Austria triggered off the war because the survival of the state was at stake (Lec 7 page 3). Internal unrest was a prime cause in the case of Russia. There was urgency to divert attention from the growing discontent of the labour class. Internally Russia was crumbling and the mobilization efforts showcased the paper-tiger in an effort to put off the inevitable end of the Russian Empire. The competing nations were not equal in advancements and this disparity was masked with show of strength – the mask behind the reality. Russian interests were the same that it nursed through decades – finding an opening into the Mediterranean. Austria-Hungary was basically a rural based empire toeing the line of Germany. Thus the strings were in the hand of