Naslov
The Short Existence of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (from the Late October to December, 1st, 1918)

Autori
Despot, Igor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Studia Balcanica 28, Europe: Peoples and Boundaries. The Treaty of Versailles and his heritage / Hrisimova, Ognjana - Sofija : Paradigma, 2010, 34-55

ISBN
978-954-92231-7-0

Skup
Europe: Peoples and Boundaries. The Treaty of Versailles and his heritage

Mjesto i datum
Sofija, Bugarska, 06.11.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Breaking of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; State of Slovenes; Croats and Serbs; Kingdom of Serbs; Croats and Slovenes; croatian political elites; National Council of Slovenes; Croats and Serbs

Sažetak
At the end of the First World War a movement of South Slav politicians appeared with the aim of breaking the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. After the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serb had been formed in early October 1918, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs was created at the end of that month. That creation did not have characteristics of a real state- it did not have a defined territory, was not able to defend itself from Italy on the eastern Adriatic coast, it was not interantionally recognized, so it was created as a pathway to union with Serbia and Montenegro into a common state. Because most of the documents about the development, existence and the end of the state disappeared in 1919 and 1920, the aim of this study is to analize actions of the leading politicians of the State SCS and there afforts during the two months period from the creation of the National Council until the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. It is based on documents from Zagreb and on memories of the participants in the events. In the past twenty years in Croatian historiography a question whether Croatia (or State SCS) coul survive as an independent country after the war has been arisen. Through the analysis of documents from that period this work would defend the thesis that it was neither possible, nor wanted by any significant political forcec in Croatia. In the last decade before the First World War, the leading politicians among the South Slav population of Monarchy worked to overthrow the Austro-Hungarian Empire (many of them were in prison during the War with charges of treason), and they saw the destruction of the Monarchy only trough the cooperation with neighboring free Serbia. At the moment that cooperation was achieved, they were ready for the creation of a common state, especially regarding Serbia as a Piemonte of Yugoslav countries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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