Austria's Eastern Question, 1700-1790

✍ Scribed by Karl A. Roider

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 271
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 573
• Edition: Course Book
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Focusing on the policy of the Hapsburg Monarchy toward the Ottoman Empire during the whole of the eighteenth century, Karl A. Roider maintains that it was in the early part of that century when Austria first faced the twin problems of Ottoman decline and Russian expansion into southeastern Europe.

Originally published in 1982.

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✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Maps
Acknowledgments
A Note on Form
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE. The Art of Diplomacy
CHAPTER TWO. Turkey in Austria’s “World War,” 1700–1714
CHAPTER THREE. Victory, 1716–1718
CHAPTER FOUR. Peace with Turkey, Alliance with Russia, 1718–1736
CHAPTER FIVE. Defeat, 1737–1739
CHAPTER SIX. Peace, 1740–1769
CHAPTER SEVEN. Allies? 1769–1771
CHAPTER EIGHT. Partitions Great and Small, 1772–1775
CHAPTER NINE. Taming the Bear, 1774–1786
CHAPTER TEN. Austria’s Last Turkish War, 1787–1790
EPILOGUE
Notes
Bibliography
Index