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From Ottoman subjects to Habsburg officers: an analysis of the careers of Bosnians and Herzegovinians in the Austro-Hungarian army

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Scheer T.
Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
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2024
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vol. 110
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issue 2
273-295
EN
When Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1878, one might have expected – especially in view of the fierce resistance – that neither side would have had any interest in rapid integration into the newly established regime. While historians have already pointed out the growing number of locals who served in this government, less has been done for the young descendants who joined the occupiers’ army as officers. This article approaches the topic from two angles: firstly, I show the normative and educational structures that the army set up to enable young men from Bosnian-Herzegovinian families to become officers; secondly, using some examples, I will analyze their social, educational, and regional backgrounds and examine what their careers looked like. My qualitative analysis of the officers’ biographies shows that there was a growing number from all three main religious groups, but for the most part, sons of the middle class of society, whose careers increasingly resembled those in Austria and Hungary, and also as Ottoman subjects most of the time, served outside their home region and commanded and trained Austrian and Hungarian citizens.
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