The Sleepwalkers
Subtitle: how Europe went to war in 1914
Edition: 1st US ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 697
ISBN-13: 9780061146657
Copyright date: 2012
Description: An authoritative chronicle, drawing on new research on World War I, traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute narrative that examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books" - t.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : Roads to Sarajevo.; title: 1. Serbian ghosts.; title: Murder in Belgrade; title: 'Irresponsible elements'; title: Mental maps; title: Separation; title: Escalation; title: Three Turkish wars; title: The conspiracy; title: Nikola Pašić reacts; title: 2. The empire without qualities.; title: Conflict and equilibrium; title: The chess players; title: Lies and forgeries; title: Deceptive calm; title: Hawks and doves; title: Part two : One continent divided.; title: 3. The polarization of Europe, 1887-1907.; title: Dangerous liaison : the Franco-Russian alliance; title: The judgment of Paris; title: The end of British neutrality; title: Belated empire : Germany; title: The great turning point?; title: Painting the devil on the wall; title: 4. The many voices of European foreign policy.; title: Sovereign decision-makers; title: Who governed in St. Petersburg?; title: Who governed in Paris?; title: Who governed in Berlin?; title: The troubled supremacy of Sir Edward Grey; title: The Agadir Crisis of 1911; title: Soldiers and civilians; title: The press and public opinion; title: The fluidity of power; title: 5. Balkan entanglements.; title: Air strikes on Libya; title: Balkan helter-skelter; title: The wobbler; title: The Balkan Winter Crisis of 1912-13; title: Bulgaria or Serbia?; title: Austria's troubles; title: The Balkanization of the Franco-Russian alliance; title: Paris forces the pace; title: Poincaré under pressure; title: 6. Last chances : détente and danger, 1912-1914.; title: The limits of détente; title: 'Now or never'; title: Germans on the Bosphorus; title: The Balkan inception scenario; title: A crisis of masculinity?; title: How open was the future?; title: Part three : Crisis.; title: 7. Murder in Sarajevo.; title: The assassination; title: Flashbulb moments; title: The investigation begins; title: Serbian responses; title: What is to be done?; title: 8. The widening circle.; title: Reactions abroad; title: Count Hoyos goes to Berlin; title: The road to the Austrian ultimatum; title: The strange death of Nikolai Hartwig; title: 9. The French in St. Petersburg.; title: Count de Robien changes trains; title: M. Poincaré sails to Russia; title: The poker game; title: 10. The ultimatum.; title: Austria demands; title: Serbia responds; title: A 'local war' begins; title: 11. Warning shots.; title: Firmness prevails; title: 'It's war this time'; title: Russian reasons; title: 12. Last days.; title: A strange light falls upon the map of Europe; title: Poincaré returns to Paris; title: Russia mobilizes; title: The leap into the dark; title: 'There must be some misunderstanding'; title: The tribulations of Paul Cambon; title: Britain intervenes; title: Belgium; title: Boots