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Title

• Origins of the First World War / Gordon Martel.

Author

Martel, Gordon

Publication

Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2008.

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Description

xxvii, 160 p., 4 p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

'The Origins of the First World War' summarises and analyses the policies, issues and crises that produced the cataclysm of war in 1914. The position of each of the great powers is clearly explained, including their place in the system of alliances that dominated international politics.

Series Statement

• Seminar studies in history

Uniform Title

Seminar studies in history

Subject

• 1871-1918
• Europe > Politics and government > 1871-1918
• World War, 1914-1918 > Causes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-154) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Analysis and Assessment -- 1. The Problem -- 2. The Great Powers to 1900 -- 3. The European Crisis -- 4. Assessment -- Pt. 2. Documents -- 1. The Dual Alliance -- 2. The Triple Alliance -- 3. Bismarck's Eastern Policy -- 4. The Kaiser and Bismarcks Departure -- 5. The 'Willy-Nicky' Correspondence -- 6. The Franco-Russian Alliance -- 7. Franco-Russian Military Convention -- 8. The 'Kruger Telegram' -- 9. The Tirpitz Memorandum of June 1897 -- 10. Germany and World Policy' -- 11. Economic Parasites of Imperialism -- 12. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance -- 13. Germany, Britain and Morocco -- 14. Manifesto of Futurism -- 15. The Black Hand -- 16. Capitalism in the Balkans -- 17. Russia's Balkan Policy -- 18. Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech -- 19. The 'War Conference' of December 1912 -- 20. Germany, Sir Edward Grey and Foreign Policy -- 21. English Opinion and the Triple Entente -- 22. Germany and the Assassination -- 23. The Kaiser's 'Blank Cheque' to Austria -- 24. Germany's Balkan Policy -- 25. Russia and the Threat of Revolution -- 26. The Policy of Sir Edward Grey -- 27. The Austrian Ultimatum -- 28. Italy and the Breakdown of the Triple Alliance -- 29. Serbia's Reply to the Ultimatum -- 30. Britain's Response to the Serbian Reply -- 31. Germany's Response to the Serbian Reply -- 32. The Russian Mobilisation -- 33. Germany and the Next War.

ISBN

• 9781405874311
• 1405874317

LCCN

^^2008005990

OCLC

191898288

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library