Bencze László: War and Society in East Central Europe. XXXIX. The Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 - East European Monographs 680. (New York, 2005)

Table of Contents Table of Contents.................................................................................V Preface to the Series and Acknowledgments..................................vii Foreword..............................................................................................ix I. Introduction.......................................................................................1 II. Austro-Hungarian Balkan Policy before the Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.................................................................5 Conflicting Directions in Balkan Politics until the Mid-1870s.......٦ Deepening Great-Power Conflicts of Interest during the Eastern Crisis....................................................21 The Plan of England and the Empire for War against Russia and the Abandonment of the Plan......................................47ا III. Militaty Geography ofBosnia and Herzegovina.....................61 Topography....................................................................................61 Hydrography.................................................................................68 Climate..........................................................................................70 Roads.............................................................................................71 Vegetation and Agriculture..........................................................73 Settlements.....................................................................................74 I٧. The Inhabitants ofBosnia and Herzegovina. The Sarajevo Uprising.The Response of Serbian, Montenegrin, and Turkish Leadership to the Uprising.............77 V. Conditions for the Success of the Militaty Operations..............93 VI. Significant Feabires of the Opposing Armed Forces...............99 Forces of the Temporary Government in Sarajevo...................٩٩ Characteristics of the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces....... A٩4 VII. The Bosnian Operations for the Austro-Hungarian Forces Prior to the Capture of Sarajevo.................................................111 The Operations of the Main Column before the Capture ofSarajevo.........................................113

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