MacMillan, Margaret, 1943- author.
New York : Random House, 2013.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages [651]-706) and index.
- 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 — The War.
- 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.
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