Planning for War against Russia and Serbia: Austro-Hungarian and German Military Strategies, 1871-1914

by Graydon A. Tunstall

This study examines the presence and absence of the co-ordination of military planning between the Austro-Hungarian and German military command before 1914. It focuses on the short-comings of mobilization as well as the opening campaigns of World War I against Russia or Serbia.

373 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Graydon Tunstall is Senior Research Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of South Florida. A graduate of Dickinson College, Tunstall earned his masters and doctorate degrees at Rutgers University.

Reviews

[Buck · Rating 4 out of 5]

This work being out of print is a telling testimony on the deficiencies in the common understanding of the underpinnings of the first world War.

While the prose is occasionally quite dense and stodgy (could use some additional maps/illustrative aids to help digest deployment arrangements and directional movements) it is rich with detail on a facet of the conflict generally totally ignored despite its key position in the conflict.

An excellent addition to the library of a serious great war enthusiast.