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MARTIN MOLL
Austro-Hungarian Counter-intelligence Activities Prior to World
War I: Unknown and Astonishing Insights at the Local Level

Martin Moll from the University of Graz reaches down to the local level of the Duchy of Styria and assesses Austro-Hungarian counter-intelligence activities prior to World War I. By mainly focusing on administrative documents and thus proving that these can be valuable source for intelligence historians he argues that the Austro-Hungarian General Staff intensified its intelligence activities at least since the Annexation Crisis of 1908. Surprisingly, the General Staff not only targeted alleged Serb efforts to undermine the Monarchy from within but also kept as close eye on Italian citizens on its territory.