The war that ended peace :
MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-
The war that ended peace : how Europe abandoned peace for the First World War / Margaret MacMillan. - London Profile Books 2013 - xxxi, 699 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliography (pages 636-654) and index.
Introduction : War or peace? -- Europe in 1900 -- Great Britain and splendid isolation -- "Woe to the country that has a child for king!" : Wilhelm II and Germany -- Weltpolitik : Germany's place on the world stage -- Dreadnought : the Anglo-German naval rivalry -- Unlikely friends : the Entente Cordiale between France and Britain -- The bear and the whale : Russia and Great Britain -- The loyalty of the Nibelungs : the dual alliance of Austria-Hungary and Germany -- What were they thinking? : hopes, fears, ideas, and unspoken assumptions -- Dreaming of peace -- Thinking about war -- Making the plans -- The crises start : Germany, France, and Morocco -- The Bosnian crisis : confrontation between Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Balkans -- 1911 : the year of discords : Morocco again -- The first Balkan Wars -- Preparing for war or peace : Europe's last months of peace -- Assassination at Sarajevo -- The end of the Concert of Europe : Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -- Turning out the lights : Europe's last week of peace -- Epilogue: War.
9781846682728
GBB327265 bnb
World War, 1914-1918--Causes.
D511. / M257 2013
940.3112
The war that ended peace : how Europe abandoned peace for the First World War / Margaret MacMillan. - London Profile Books 2013 - xxxi, 699 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliography (pages 636-654) and index.
Introduction : War or peace? -- Europe in 1900 -- Great Britain and splendid isolation -- "Woe to the country that has a child for king!" : Wilhelm II and Germany -- Weltpolitik : Germany's place on the world stage -- Dreadnought : the Anglo-German naval rivalry -- Unlikely friends : the Entente Cordiale between France and Britain -- The bear and the whale : Russia and Great Britain -- The loyalty of the Nibelungs : the dual alliance of Austria-Hungary and Germany -- What were they thinking? : hopes, fears, ideas, and unspoken assumptions -- Dreaming of peace -- Thinking about war -- Making the plans -- The crises start : Germany, France, and Morocco -- The Bosnian crisis : confrontation between Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Balkans -- 1911 : the year of discords : Morocco again -- The first Balkan Wars -- Preparing for war or peace : Europe's last months of peace -- Assassination at Sarajevo -- The end of the Concert of Europe : Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -- Turning out the lights : Europe's last week of peace -- Epilogue: War.
9781846682728
GBB327265 bnb
World War, 1914-1918--Causes.
D511. / M257 2013
940.3112