The darkest days
Subtitle: the truth behind Britain's rush to war, 1914
By: Douglas Newton
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781781683507; 9781781683514
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Causes; Diplomatic history; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The myth of an irresistible war; title: Mixing signals, Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July; title: 'Apparent indecision', Monday 27 July; title: Manoeuvring in the dark, Monday 27 July and Tuesday 28 July; title: Facing both ways, Wednesday 29 July; title: Drum-taps, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July; title: Hope and dread, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July; title: Smearing neutrality, Thursday 30 July and Friday 31 July; title: The internationalists awake, Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 July; title: Doing diplomacy in a dressing gown, friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August; title: The Russian jolt, Saturday 1 August; title: 'Pogrom', Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August; title: The high tide of neutralist hope, Saturday 1 August; title: Kite-flying, Saturday 1 August; title: Tightening the screws, sunday 2 August; title: 'To the square!', Sunday 2 August; title: 'Jockeyed', Sunday 2 August; title: Fracture-lines, Sunday 2 to Monday 3 August; title: Hidden schism, Monday 3 August; title: Magical theatre, Monday 3 August; title: Inventing 'unanimity', Monday 3 August; title: Dissent, Monday 3 August; title: Midnight seductions, Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 August; title: Seizing the moment, Tuesday 4 August; title: Radical recriminations; title: Conclusion.