ABSTRACT
Hungary's decision to go to war in 1914 led ultimately. Beust, who spent most of his years at the Ballhausplatz working for an alignment with France against Russia and Prussia over the Eastern question ended by accepting Prussia's domination of Germany, and laid the foundations of the Austro-German alliance. Progressive historians denounce the decision of the rulers of the anachronistic' Dual Monarchy, notoriously unable to adapt their regime to the exigencies of modern times' to deal with the most dynamic element in the Balkans'. The second basis of Habsburg foreign policy was a profound belief in the importance of monarchical solidarity in defence of the internal status quo against an international revolutionary movement. And Klnoky, spent most of his time in building up two imposing blocs against her reinforcing the Dual Alliance with military agreements and Roumanian alliances, creating the Mediterranean entente.
