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An improbable war? : the outbreak of World War I and European political culture before 1914 / edited by Holger Afflerbach & David Stevenson.

Contributor(s): Afflerbach, Holger [editor.] | Stevenson, D. (David), 1954- [editor.]Description: xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: 9780857453105Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes -- Congresses | Europe -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918 -- CongressesLOC classification: D511. | I46 2007
Contents:
Foreword. A CENTURY OF WAR AND PEACE; Introduction. AN IMPROBABLE WAR?; Part I. EUROPEAN STATES CRAFT AND THE QUESTION OF WAR AND PEACE BEFORE 1914; Chapter 1. STEALING HORSES TO GREAT APPLAUSE; Chapter 2. DID NORMS MATTER IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS?; Chapter 3. AGGRESSIVE AND DEFENSIVE AIMS OF POLITICAL ELITES?; Chapter 4. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE KAISER'S DISAPPEARING WAR GUILT; Part II. THE MILITARY SITUATION BEFORE 1914: EUROPE BETWEENHOT AND COLD WAR. Chapter 5. CHANCES AND LIMITS OF ARMAMENT CONTROL: 1898-1914Chapter 6. WAS A PEACEFUL OUTCOME THINKABLE?; Chapter 8. THE GERMAN AND AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GENERAL STAFFS AND THEIR REFLECTIONS ON AN "IMPOSSIBLE" WAR; Part III. HOPES AND FEARS OF WAR AND PEACE SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS AND UNSPOKEN ASSUMPTIONS IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES BEFORE 1914; Chapter 9. THE TOPOS OF IMPROBABLE WAR IN EUROPE BEFORE 1914; Chapter 10. UNFOUGHT WARS; Chapter 11. "WAR ENTHUSIASM?" PUBLIC OPINION AND THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN 1914; Chapter 12. EDUCATION FOR WAR, PEACE, AND PATRIOTISM IN RUSSIA ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR I. Part IV. CULTURE, GENDER, RELIGIOSITY, AND THE COMING OF WARChapter 13. HONOR, GENDER, AND POWER; Chapter 14. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM BEFORE 1914 AND AFTER; Chapter 15. AN IMPROBABLE WAR? INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, ARTS, AND CULTURE BEFORE 1914; Part V. THE PERSPECTIVE FROM AFAR: THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN EUROPEIN THE EYES OF OTHER CONTINENTS; Chapter 16. WAR AS THE SAVIOR? HOPES FOR WAR AND PEACE IN OTTOMAN POLITICS BEFORE 1914; Chapter 17. THE VIEW FROM JAPAN; Chapter 18. WAR, PEACE, AND COMMERCE
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Revisions of papers from a conference held Oct. 2004 at Emory University in Atlanta.

Originally published 2007.

Includes bibliography (pages 341-359) and index.

Foreword. A CENTURY OF WAR AND PEACE; Introduction. AN IMPROBABLE WAR?; Part I. EUROPEAN STATES CRAFT AND THE QUESTION OF WAR AND PEACE BEFORE 1914; Chapter 1. STEALING HORSES TO GREAT APPLAUSE; Chapter 2. DID NORMS MATTER IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS?; Chapter 3. AGGRESSIVE AND DEFENSIVE AIMS OF POLITICAL ELITES?; Chapter 4. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE KAISER'S DISAPPEARING WAR GUILT; Part II. THE MILITARY SITUATION BEFORE 1914: EUROPE BETWEENHOT AND COLD WAR. Chapter 5. CHANCES AND LIMITS OF ARMAMENT CONTROL: 1898-1914Chapter 6. WAS A PEACEFUL OUTCOME THINKABLE?; Chapter 8. THE GERMAN AND AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GENERAL STAFFS AND THEIR REFLECTIONS ON AN "IMPOSSIBLE" WAR; Part III. HOPES AND FEARS OF WAR AND PEACE SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS AND UNSPOKEN ASSUMPTIONS IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES BEFORE 1914; Chapter 9. THE TOPOS OF IMPROBABLE WAR IN EUROPE BEFORE 1914; Chapter 10. UNFOUGHT WARS; Chapter 11. "WAR ENTHUSIASM?" PUBLIC OPINION AND THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN 1914; Chapter 12. EDUCATION FOR WAR, PEACE, AND PATRIOTISM IN RUSSIA ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR I. Part IV. CULTURE, GENDER, RELIGIOSITY, AND THE COMING OF WARChapter 13. HONOR, GENDER, AND POWER; Chapter 14. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM BEFORE 1914 AND AFTER; Chapter 15. AN IMPROBABLE WAR? INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, ARTS, AND CULTURE BEFORE 1914; Part V. THE PERSPECTIVE FROM AFAR: THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN EUROPEIN THE EYES OF OTHER CONTINENTS; Chapter 16. WAR AS THE SAVIOR? HOPES FOR WAR AND PEACE IN OTTOMAN POLITICS BEFORE 1914; Chapter 17. THE VIEW FROM JAPAN; Chapter 18. WAR, PEACE, AND COMMERCE