The Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 (War and Society in East Central Europe Volume XXXIX)

At the Congress of Berlin in 1878 representatives of the major European powers and the Ottoman Empire met to share out territory after the Russo-Turkish war. Austria-Hungary was granted the right to occupy and administer Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to provide a counterweight to Russian power in the Balkans. However, this arrangement aggravated the conflicts in the region and led to numerous revolts.

This book based on original diplomatic documents, military instructions, military reports, operational diary notes and memos deals with the Balkans tense religious and ethnic conflicts that arose in the late nineteenth century. It presents the military occupation of Bosnia, Herzegovina and the region today called Kosovo, as well as the events of the guerilla war between the Austro-Hungarian military force of 200,000 soldiers and the Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian resistance fighters. This book speaks of the bloody means of pacification and the consequences of a forced peace.