The War That Ended Peace
Subtitle: The Road to 1914
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 739
ISBN-13: 9781400068555
Description: Presents a narrative portrait of Europe in the years leading up to World War I that illuminates the political, cultural, and economic factors and contributing personalities that shaped major events.
Table of contents: title: War or peace?; title: Europe in 1900; title: Great Britain and splendid isolation; title: "Woe to the country that has a child for king!" : Wilhelm II and Germany; title: Weltpolitik : Germany's place on the world stage; title: Dreadnought : the Anglo-German naval rivalry; title: Unlikely friends : the Entente Cordiale between France and Britain; title: The bear and the whale : Russia and Great Britain; title: The loyalty of the Nibelungs : the dual alliance of Austria-Hungary and Germany; title: What were they thinking? : hopes, fears, ideas, and unspoken assumptions; title: Dreaming of peace; title: Thinking about war; title: Making the plans; title: The crises start : Germany, France, and Morocco; title: The Bosnian crisis : confrontation between Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Balkans; title: 1911 : the year of discords : Morocco again; title: The first Balkan Wars; title: Preparing for war or peace : Europe's last months of peace; title: Assassination at Sarajevo; title: The end of the Concert of Europe : Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; title: Turning out the lights : Europe's last week of peace; title: The War