28 July, and the rebuttal of Grey's mediation proposal on 29 July. He believed that only the defeat of Serbia could preserve the Dual Monarchy. Despite that, he was not thought of as a warmonger by, for example, General Conrad von Hötzendorf. At the same time, his lack of self-confidence at the helm of Austro-Hungarian diplomacy made him susceptible to persuasion by his pro-war staff at the Ballhausplatz, on whose advice and opinions he was heavily dependent. Although Berchtold may have personally pushed for war, the main question is whether he appreciated that a war against Serbia carried the risk of a major European war. According to G. A. Tunstall Jr, "a Russian intervention doesn't seem to had been taken into much consideration by the Austro-Hungarian leaders during the decision-making process". In any case, "if he did not apprehend the consequences of his policies sufficiently, he was, however, not alone; as a matter of fact, there were few diplomats at the time who actually did". In film and television Count Berchtold was portrayed by actor John Gielgud in the 1969 film Oh! What A Lovely War. Awards National orders and decorations Jubilee Court Medal (1898) Bronze Jubilee Medal for the Armed Forces (1898) Jubilee Cross for Civil Officials (1908) Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1908; in Diamonds, 1911 Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1912 Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1914; in Diamonds, 1915 Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration, 1915 Foreign orders and decorations See also Austro-Hungarian entry into World War I Notes References Further reading Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Austro-Hungarian red book. (1915) English translations of official documents to justify the war. online Godsey, William D., and William D. Godsey Jr. Aristocratic redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian foreign office on the eve of the First World War (Purdue University Press, 1999). Gooch, G. P. Before The War Vol II (1939) pp 373–447 on Berchtold online free, scholarly biography Hantsch, Hugo. Leopold Graf Berchtold: Grandseigneur und Staatsmann, Graz, Verlag Styria, 1963, in German. Wank, Solomon. "The Appointment of Count Berchtold as Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister" Journal of Central European Affairs 23 (July 1963): 143–51. Williamson, Jr., Samuel. "Leopold Count Berchtold: The Man Who Could Have Prevented the Great War," in Günther Bischof, Fritz Plasser and Peter Berger, eds., From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria, Contemporary Austrian Studies, Vol. 19 (2010), p. 24-51. External links 'Berchtold, Leopold Anton Johann