Original scientific paper
THE 1917 PEACE EFFORTS OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN KING CARL
Livia Kardum
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Emperor Carl’s peace initiative via Prince Sixt of Bourbon is one of the most intriguing and insufficiently explained diplomatic episodes of World War One. By forging a quick peace, the Emperor wanted to eliminate the German tutelage and save the Habsburg Monarchy from the inevitable collapse in case of the Central Powers’ defeat. The peace initiative failed largely due to Italy’s reluctance to cede the territories promised to it by the London Peace Agreement, but also because it was not clear whether Austro-Hungary wanted a separate or universal peace in agreement with Germany. The failure of Emperor’s peace initiative totally politically discredited him, and at the same time made the Dual Monarchy even more politically and militarily dependent on Germany as well as on the outcome of the war itself.
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27483
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Publication date:
23.5.2000.
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