Format:
1 online resource (511 pages)
ISBN:
9780191643279
Content:
The dramatic step-by-step account of how the assassination of an Austrian archduke in the Balkans led to the cataclysm of the First World War over five fateful weeks in the summer of 1914.
Content:
Cover -- THE MONTH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: july 1914 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Principal Characters -- SERBIA -- AUSTRIA-HUNGARY -- GERMANY -- ITALY -- RUSSIA -- FRANCE -- BRITAIN -- ROMANIA -- A Diplomatic Lexicon -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Prologue: The Long European Peace -- Movements to maintain the peace -- Weathering the storms: the balance of power -- Men of peace -- PART ONE: The Making of a Crisis -- The Killing -- The Reaction -- Week One: 28 June-5 July -- Week Two: 6-12 July -- Week Three: 13-19 July -- Week Four: 20-23 July -- PART TWO: The July Crisis -- Day One: Friday, 24 July -- Day Two: Saturday, 25 July -- Day Three: Sunday, 26 July -- Day Four: Monday, 27 July -- Day Five: Tuesday, 28 July -- Day Six: Wednesday, 29 July -- Day Seven: Thursday, 30 July -- Day Eight: Friday, 31 July -- PART THREE: Days of Decision -- Saturday to Tuesday, 1-4 August -- Saturday, 1 August -- Sunday, 2 August -- Monday, 3 August -- Tuesday, 4 August -- PART FOUR: The Aftermath -- Making Sense of the Madness -- Notes -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- PROLOGUE: THE LONG EUROPEAN PEACE -- THE KILLING -- THE REACTION -- DAY ONE: FRIDAY 24 JULY -- DAY TWO: SATURDAY, 25 JULY -- DAY THREE: SUNDAY, 26 JULY -- DAY FOUR: MONDAY, 27 JULY -- DAY FIVE: TUESDAY, 28 JULY -- DAY SIX: WEDNESDAY, 29 JULY -- DAY SEVEN: THURSDAY, 30 JULY -- DAY EIGHT: FRIDAY, 31 JULY -- SATURDAY TO TUESDAY, 1-4 AUGUST -- MAKING SENSE OF THE MADNESS -- List of Works Cited -- I. PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS -- II. PUBLISHED PRIMARY MATERIALS: DIARIES, LETTERS, MEMOIRS -- III. SECONDARY SOURCES: BOOKS -- IV. SECONDARY SOURCES: ARTICLES AND ESSAYS IN BOOKS -- Picture Acknowledgements -- Page Credit line -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199665389
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199665389
Language:
English
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