WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION: NEW TENDENCES OF THE EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY (1742-1743)

Abstract

The article is devoted to a little-known problem in Russian historiography. This is the question of a diplomatic and a military history of The War of the Austrian Succession (17401748). In view of the extensiveness of that subject the author elected one of the most important periods of the War (1742-1743). The author set the following problem: to systematize the extensive historical material relating to this period as well as to draw the conclusions concerning the further diplomatic and military prospects of the War. The main conclusion of article is as follows. Opposition of Great Britain and France was the main feature of all-European diplomatic relations during the period under consideration. This confrontation turned the fight for the Austrian possessions in Germany, the struggle for "the Austrian Succession" into the direction of the level of the all-European war.