I have read the above mentioned book, it is in my opinion the most broadly informative book on the run up to World War 1 i have ever read. The presentation of Austria Hungary goes beyond the usual clapped out old Feudal relic on its last legs.
Interesting hypothesis Austria Hungary absorbs Serbia, under the above conditions it would not be an annexation as Monarchies could hand their Kingdom over, i doubt the Russians could do much and imagine the Balkans would be less likely to be so volatile. Bulgaria marches on Constantinople without Serb interference later on, whist Italy licks its lips at little Albania i imagine.
The Central Powers - if they become so - might observe from afar a war between Russia on one side and France and Britain on the other propping up Turkish control of the Bosphorous. A war that future AltH sites speculate might have become a World War in different circumstances.
Interesting hypothesis Austria Hungary absorbs Serbia, under the above conditions it would not be an annexation as Monarchies could hand their Kingdom over, i doubt the Russians could do much and imagine the Balkans would be less likely to be so volatile. Bulgaria marches on Constantinople without Serb interference later on, whist Italy licks its lips at little Albania i imagine.
The Central Powers - if they become so - might observe from afar a war between Russia on one side and France and Britain on the other propping up Turkish control of the Bosphorous. A war that future AltH sites speculate might have become a World War in different circumstances.