Donato Colangelo’s Reviews > Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918 > Status Update

The reasons why the Austro-Hungarians faced so poorly in this war are many and a good part of these reasons stems from the mishandling of the “inner front”, as the State was not up to the task of using the war as a unifying event, but rather pushed hard against his own minorities in order to bring them under more, asphyxiating, control. That the AOK leaders were not up to the task was just a bonus.