Remember the “Little Entente,” maintained by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia during the interwar period? The regional alliance was created under French auspices and its initial goals included preventing the reemergence of a greater Austria and Hungary and defending Eastern Europe against the threat of Soviet communism and later of German Nazism.As late as in the mid-1930s, some in the region were still putting their faith in the arrangement. Yet, if “Little Entente” made sense at the time of its creation, fifteen years later it was apparent that all three actors were hopelessly insignificant in military terms. And also, their interests …read more
Source: The American Interest
